Genomes of sequence type 121 Listeria monocytogenes strains harbor highly conserved plasmids and prophages

The food-borne pathogen Listeria (L.) monocytogenes is often found in food production environments. Thus, controlling the occurrence of L. monocytogenes in food production is a great challenge for food safety. Among a great diversity of L. monocytogenes strains from food production, particularly str...

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Main Authors: Stephan eSchmitz-Esser, Anneliese eMüller, Beatrix eStessl, Martin eWagner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00380/full