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Generation of variants in Listeria monocytogenes continuous-flow biofilms is dependent on radical-induced DNA damage and RecA-mediated repair.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
van der Veen Stijn, Abee Tjakko
Abstract excerpt
The food-borne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes is a gram-positive microaerophilic facultative anaerobic rod and the causative agent of the devastating disease listeriosis. L. monocytogenes is able to form biofilms in the food processing environment. Since biofilms are generally hard to eradicate, they can function as a source for food contamination. In several occasions biofilms have been identified as a source...
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