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Listeria monocytogenes lineages: Genomics, evolution, ecology, and phenotypic characteristics.
International journal of medical microbiology : IJMM - 1 Feb 2011
Orsi Renato H, den Bakker Henk C, Wiedmann Martin
Abstract excerpt
Listeria monocytogenes consists of at least 4 evolutionary lineages (I, II, III, and IV) with different but overlapping ecological niches. Most L. monocytogenes isolates seem to belong to lineages I and II, which harbor the serotypes more commonly associated with human clinical cases, including serotype 1/2a (lineage II) and serotypes 1/2b and 4b (lineage I). Lineage II strains are common in foods, seem to be...
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