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The Agr communication system provides a benefit to the populations of Listeria monocytogenes in soil.
Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology - 1 Jan 2014
Vivant Anne-Laure, Garmyn Dominique, Gal Laurent, Piveteau Pascal
Abstract excerpt
In this study, we investigated whether the Agr communication system of the pathogenic bacterium Listeria monocytogenes was involved in adaptation and competitiveness in soil. Alteration of the ability to communicate, either by deletion of the gene coding the response regulator AgrA (response-negative mutant) or the signal pro-peptide AgrD (signal-negative mutant), did not affect population dynamics in soil that...
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