Genome sequence of Listeria monocytogenes 07PF0776, a cardiotropic serovar 4b strain

J Bacteriol. 2012 Jul;194(13):3552. doi: 10.1128/JB.00616-12.

Abstract

Listeria monocytogenes is a food-borne bacterial pathogen commonly associated with serious invasive infections of the central nervous system or of the developing fetus. We present the genome sequence of Listeria monocytogenes 07PF0776, a serovar 4b isolate from a human myocardial abscess that exhibits enhanced invasion of cardiac tissue.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Abscess / microbiology*
  • Genome, Bacterial*
  • Heart / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Listeria monocytogenes / classification
  • Listeria monocytogenes / genetics*
  • Listeria monocytogenes / isolation & purification
  • Listeriosis / microbiology*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA*
  • Serotyping

Associated data

  • GENBANK/CP003414