Potential role of L-serine and D-Gluconic acid as carbon sources in Listeria monocytogenes pathogenesis

Purpose: Listeria monocytogenes is highly abundant in nature as a saprophyte and capable to utilize a variety of carbon sources, mainly derived from decaying plants. The transcriptional activator regulator (PrfA) that mediates the expression of virulence genes, is inactive in the presence of nutrien...

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Main Authors: P.C. Yap, H.Y. Lee, L.C. Chai, S. Abubakar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-03-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971221010857