OrfX, a Nucleomodulin Required for Listeria monocytogenes Virulence
Listeria monocytogenes is a bacterial pathogen causing severe foodborne infections in humans and animals. Listeria can enter into host cells and survive and multiply therein, due to an arsenal of virulence determinants encoded in different loci on the chromosome. Several key Listeria virulence genes...
Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
American Society for Microbiology
2017-10-01
|
Series: | mBio |
Online Access: | http://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/8/5/e01550-17 |