Whole Genome Sequencing-Based Comparison of Food Isolates of Cronobacter sakazakii.

ABSTRACT: Cronobacter sakazakii is an emerging foodborne pathogen, which is linked to life-threatening infections causing septicemia, meningitis, and necrotizing enterocolitis. These infections have been epidemiologically connected to ingestion of contaminated reconstituted powder infant formula. Even at low water activity C. sakazakii can survive for a long time; it is capable of protective biofilm formation and occasionally shows high virulence and pathogenicity even following stressful environmental conditions. Hence it is a challenging task for the food industry to control contamination of food ingredients and products through the entire production chain, since an increasing number of severe food-related outbreaks of C. sakazakii infections has been observed. The seemingly g

SUBMITTER: Aly MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6615433 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature