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Atypical Listeria monocytogenes serotype 4b strains harboring a lineage II-specific gene cassette.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Feb 2012
Lee Sangmi, Ward Todd J, Graves Lewis M, Wolf Leslie A, Sperry Kate, Siletzky Robin M, Kathariou Sophia
Abstract excerpt
Listeria monocytogenes is the etiological agent of listeriosis, a severe food-borne illness. The population of L. monocytogenes is divided into four lineages (I to IV), and serotype 4b in lineage I has been involved in numerous outbreaks. Several serotype 4b epidemic-associated clonal groups (ECI, -II, and -Ia) have been identified. In this study, we characterized a panel of strains of serotype 4b that produced...
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