Genomic characterization of the most barotolerant Listeria monocytogenes RO15 strain compared to reference strains used to evaluate food high pressure processing.

Ilhan Cem Duru Margarita Andreevskaya Pia Laine Tone Mari Rode Anne Ylinen Trond LøvdalNadav BarPeter CrauwelsChristian U Riedel Florentina Ionela Bucur Anca Ioana Nicolau Petri Auvinen

Published in: BMC genomics (2020)

L. monocytogenes strain RO15 was the most pressure tolerant among the selected strains. Genome comparison suggests that there might be a relationship between prophages and pressure tolerance in L. monocytogenes.

Keyphrases

listeria monocytogenes
escherichia coli
copy number
dna methylation
climate change
clinical evaluation