Whole-Genome Sequencing-Based Characterization of a Listeria monocytogenes Strain from an Aborted Water Buffalo in Southern Italy.

ABSTRACT: Listeria monocytogenes is a Gram-positive pathogen causing life-threatening infections both in humans and animals. In livestock farms, it can persist for a long time and primarily causes uterine infections and encephalitis in farmed animals. Whole genome sequencing (WGS) is currently becoming the best method for molecular typing of this pathogen due to its high discriminatory power and efficiency of characterization. This study describes the WGS-based characterization of an L. monocytogenes strain from an aborted water buffalo fetus in southern Italy. The strain under study was classified as molecular serogroup IVb, phylogenetic lineage I, MLST sequence type 6, Clonal Complex 6, and cgMLST type CT3331, sublineage 6. Molecular analysis indicated the presence of 61 virulence genes and 4 anti

SUBMITTER: Paradiso R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8469865 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature