Article
Penicillin-binding protein encoded by pbp4 is involved in mediating copper stress in Listeria monocytogenes.
FEMS microbiology letters - 1 Nov 2017
Parsons Cameron, Costolo Ben, Brown Phillip, Kathariou Sophia
Abstract excerpt
Listeria monocytogenes raises major food safety and public health concerns due to its potential for severe foodborne disease and persistent colonization of food processing facilities. Copper is often employed to control pathogens in agriculture and is increasingly used in healthcare facilities, but mechanisms mediating tolerance of L. monocytogenes to copper remain poorly understood. A mariner-based mutant...
Topics
- Biofilms
- Copper
- DNA Transposable Elements
- Disease Outbreaks
- Humans
- Listeria monocytogenes
- Listeriosis
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Mutation
- Penicillin-Binding Proteins
- Plasmids