Influence of environmental conditions on the expression of virulence factors by Listeria monocytogenes and their use in species identification

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 239, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-70

  Lemes Marques, Eneida G ^a   Yano, Tomomasa ^b  

^a INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Activated charcoal; Identification; Listeria monocytogenes; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEMOLYSIS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHARCOAL; CULTURE MEDIA; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL DIACYLGLYCEROL-LYASE; PHOSPHOLIPASES; TEMPERATURE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

LISTERIA; LISTERIA INNOCUA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 4644356395     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.08.021     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. M.E. Doyle Virulence characteristics of Listeria monocytogenes 2001 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Food Research Institute Madison, WI FRI Briefings, 13 p
2. J. Rocourt, A. Schrettenbrunner, and H.P.R. Seeliger Diffé renciation biochimique des groupes génomiques de L. monocytogenes (sensu lato) Ann. Microbiol. (Inst. Pasteur) 134A 1983 65 71
3. S.H.W. Notermans, J. Dufrenne, M. Leimeister-Wächter, E. Domann, and T. Chakraborty Phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C activity as a marker to distinguish between pathogenic and nonpathogenic Listeria species Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 57 1991 2666 2670
4. J.F. Fernández-Garayzabal, G. Suáerez, M.M. Blanco, A. Gibelo, and L. Domínguez Taxonomic note: a proposal for reviewing the interpretation of the CAMP reaction between Listeria monocytogenes and Rhodococcus equi Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 46 1996 832 834
5. J.A. Vázquez-Boland, L. Dominguez, J.F. Fernandez, E.F. Rodriguez-Ferri, V. Briones, M. Blanco, and G. Suarez Revision of the validity of CAMP tests for Listeria identification. Proposal of an alternative method for the determination of haemolytic activity by Listeria strains Acta Microbiol. Hung. 37 1990 201 206
6. A. Coffey, F.M. Rombouts, and T. Abee Influence of environmental parameters on phosphatidylcholine phospholipase C production in Listeria monocytogenes: a convenient method to differentiate L. monocytogenes from other Listeria species Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 62 1996 1252 1256
7. S.F. Park, and R.G. Kroll Expression of listeriolysin and phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C is repressed by the plant-derived molecule cellobiose in Listeria monocytogenes Mol. Microbiol. 8 1993 653 661
8. M.T. Ripio, G. Domínguez-Bernal, M. Suárez, K. Brehm, P. Berche, and J.A. Vázquez-Boland Transcriptional activation of virulence genes in wild-type strains of Listeria monocytogenes in response to a change in the extracellular medium composition Res. Microbiol. 147 1996 371 384
9. B. Sheehan, C. Kocks, S. Dramsi, E. Gouin, A.D. Klarsfeld, J. Mengaud, and P. Cossart Molecular and genetic determinants of the Listeria monocytogenes infectious process Curr. Top. Microbiol. Immunol. 192 1994 187 216
10. S. Kathariou, J. Rocourt, H. Hof, and W. Goebel Levels of Listeria monocytogenes hemolysin are not directly proportional to virulence in experimental infections of mice Infect. Immun. 56 1988 534 536
11. Z. Sokolovic, J. Riedel, M. Wuenscher, and W. Goebel Surface-associated, PrfA-regulated proteins of Listeria monocytogenes synthesized under stress conditions Mol. Microbiol. 8 1993 219 227
12. T. Fujisawa, and M. Mori Evaluation of media for determining hemolytic activity and that of API Listeria system for identifying strains of L. monocytogenes J. Clin. Microbiol. 32 1994 1127 1129
13. C. Geoffroy, J.-L. Gaillard, J.E. Alouf, and P. Berche Purification, characterization, and toxicity of the sulphydryl-activated hemolysin listeriolysin O from Listeria monocytogenes Infect. Immun. 55 1987 1641 1646
14. C. Geoffroy, J. Raveneau, J.-L. Beretti, A. Lecroisey, J.A. Vázquez-Boland, J. Alouf, and P. Berche Purification and characterization of an extracellular 29-kilodalton phospholipase C from L. monocytogenes Infect. Immun. 59 1991 2382 2388
15. M. Sheikh-Zeinoddin, T.M. Perehinec, S.E. Hill, and E.D. Rees Maillard reaction causes suppression of virulence gene expression in Listeria monocytogenes Int. J. Food Microbiol. 61 2000 41 49
16. S. Ermolaeva, Y. Belyi, and I. Tartakovskii Characteristics of induction of virulence factor expression by activated charcoal in Listeria monocytogenes FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 174 1999 137 141
17. K.C. Baratéla, H.O. Saridakis, L.C.J. Gaziri, and J.S. Pelayo Effects of medium composition, calcium, iron and oxygen on haemolysin production by Plesiomonas shigelloides isolated from water J. Appl. Microbiol. 90 2001 482 487
18. H. Goldfine, and C. Knob Purification and characterization of Listeria monocytogenes phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C Infect. Immun. 60 1992 4059 4067
19. M. Leimeister-Wächter, E. Domann, and T. Chakraborty The expression of virulence genes in L. monocytogenes is thermoregulated J. Bacteriol. 174 1992 947 952
20. L.D. Rodriguez, J.A. Vázquez-Boland, J.F.F. Garayzabal, P.E. Tranchant, E. Gomez-Lucia, E.F. Rodriguez-Ferri, and G.S. Fernandez Microplate technique to determine hemolytic activity for routine typing of Listeria strains J. Clin. Microbiol. 24 1986 99 103
21. G.E. Rowe, and R.A. Welch Assays of hemolytic toxins Meth. Enzymol. 235 1994 657 667
22. F.T. Poysky, R.N. Paranjpye, L.C. Lashbrook, M.E. Peterson, G.A. Pelroy, and M.W. Eklund Selective and differential medium for isolation of Listeria monocytogenes from foods J. Food Prot. 56 1993 326 329
23. B. Skalka, J. Smola, and K. Elischerová Different haemolytic activities of Listeria monocytogenes strains determined on erythrocytes of various sources and exploiting the synergism of equi-factor Zbl. Ver. Med. B 29 1982 642 649
24. R.R. Beumer, M.C. Giffel, and L.J. Cox Optimization of haemolysis in enhanced haemolysis agar (EHA)-a selective medium for the isolation of Listeria monocytogenes Lett. Appl. Microbiol. 24 1997 421 425
25. J.J. Mekalanos Minireview-Environmental signals controlling expression of virulence determinants in bacteria J. Bacteriol. 174 1992 1 7
26. D. Van Der Kelen, and J.A. Lindsay Differential hemolytic response of Listeria monocytogenes strains on various blood agars J. Food Safety 11 1990 9 12