Genome sequence of Listeria monocytogenes Scott A, a clinical isolate from a food-borne listeriosis outbreak.

ABSTRACT: Listeria monocytogenes is an opportunistic food-borne pathogen and the causative agent of listeriosis in animals and humans. We present the genome sequence of Listeria monocytogenes Scott A, a widely distributed and frequently used serovar 4b clinical isolate from the 1983 listeriosis outbreak in Massachusetts.

SUBMITTER: Briers Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3147710 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature