Probing the pan genome of a foodborne bacterial pathogen Listeria monocytogenes

ABSTRACT: Full title: Probing the pan genome of a foodborne bacterial pathogen Listeria monocytogenes: Implications for its niche adaptation, pathogenesis, and evolution Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne bacterial pathogen well known for adaptability to diverse environmental and host niches, and a high fatality rate among infected, immuno-compromised individuals. Three genetic lineages have been identified within this species. Strains of genetic lineages I and II account for more than ninety percent of foodborne disease outbreaks worldwide, whereas strains from genetic lineage III are rarely implicated in human infectious for unknown, yet intriguing, reasons. Here we have probed the genomic diversity of 26 L. monocytogenes strains using both whole-genome sequences and a novel 385,000 probe pan-

ORGANISM(S): Listeria monocytogenes EGD-e

SUBMITTER: Xiangyu Deng 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-20367 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress