Hyperinvasiveness of Listeria monocytogenes sequence type 1 is independent of lineage I‐specific genes encoding internalin‐like proteins

Abstract Listeriosis is a severe disease caused by the opportunistic bacterial pathogen Listeria monocytogenes (L. monocytogenes). Previous studies indicate that of the four phylogenetical lineages known, lineage I strains are significantly more prevalent in clinical infections than in the environme...

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Main Authors: Bulent Gözel, Camille Monney, Lisandra Aguilar‐Bultet, Sebastian Rupp, Joachim Frey, Anna Oevermann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-07-01
Series:MicrobiologyOpen
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.790