Whole Genome Analysis of Three Multi-Drug Resistant Listeria innocua and Genomic Insights Into Their Relatedness With Resistant Listeria monocytogenes.

ABSTRACT: Listeria innocua are Gram-positive rod-shaped bacteria, which are not generally infectious as opposed to Listeria monocytogenes. However, the comparatively high genomic similarity between both along with on occasion, their coexistence in similar ecological niches may present the opportunity for resistance or virulence gene transfer. In this study, three multi-drug resistant L. innocua originally cultured from food were put forward for long-read genome sequencing. Chromosome and plasmid genomes were assembled and annotated. Analysis demonstrated that the resistant phenotypes correlated well with genotypes. Three plasmids pLI42, pLI203, and pLI47-1 were identified which harbor resistance islands. Sequence alignments suggested that plasmids pLI42 and pLI203 were highly si

SUBMITTER: Li M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8343405 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature