Genome sequencing of Listeria monocytogenes "Quargel" listeriosis outbreak strains reveals two different strains with distinct in vitro virulence potential

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Rychli, Kathrin ^a   Müller, Anneliese ^a   Zaiser, Andreas ^a   Schoder, Dagmar ^a   Allerberger, Franz ^b   Wagner, Martin ^a   Schmitz Esser, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b AUSTRIAN AGENCY FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL INVASION; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TYPE; DNA ISOLATION; EPIDEMIC; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; LMOF2365 0481 GENE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRESS; STRESS SURVIVAL ISLET 1 GENE; AUSTRIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; CZECH REPUBLIC; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GERMANY; HISTORY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIRULENCE;

AUSTRIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CZECH REPUBLIC; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GERMANY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84896366241     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089964     Document Type: Article

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