Evolution and Diversity of Listeria monocytogenes from Clinical and Food Samples in Shanghai, China

Evolution and Diversity of Listeria monocytogenes from Clinical and Food Samples in Shanghai, China

Listeria monocytogenes is a significant foodborne pathogen causing severe systemic infections in humans with high mortality rates. The objectives of this work were to establish a phylogenetic framework of L. monocytogenes from China and to investigate sequence diversity among different serotypes. We...

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Main Authors: Jianmin Zhang, Guojie Cao, Xuebin Xu, Marc William Allard, Peng Li, Eric Wayne Brown, Xiaowei Yang, Haijian Pan, Jianghong Meng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
China
evolution
Plasmid
whole genome analysis
L. monocytogenes
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01138/full

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