Genome sequence of Listeria monocytogenes Scott A, a clinical isolate from a food-borne listeriosis outbreak

Yves Briers; Jochen Klumpp; Markus Schuppler; Martin J Loessner

doi:10.1128/JB.05328-11

Genome sequence of Listeria monocytogenes Scott A, a clinical isolate from a food-borne listeriosis outbreak

J Bacteriol. 2011 Aug;193(16):4284-5. doi: 10.1128/JB.05328-11. Epub 2011 Jun 17.

Authors

Yves Briers¹, Jochen Klumpp, Markus Schuppler, Martin J Loessner

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, ETH Zurich, Schmelzbergstrasse 7, CH 8092 Zurich, Switzerland.

Abstract

Listeria monocytogenes is an opportunistic food-borne pathogen and the causative agent of listeriosis in animals and humans. We present the genome sequence of Listeria monocytogenes Scott A, a widely distributed and frequently used serovar 4b clinical isolate from the 1983 listeriosis outbreak in Massachusetts.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Disease Outbreaks*
Food Microbiology
Genome, Bacterial*
Humans
Listeria monocytogenes / classification
Listeria monocytogenes / genetics*
Listeriosis / epidemiology
Listeriosis / microbiology*
Massachusetts / epidemiology
Molecular Sequence Data

Associated data

GENBANK/AFGI00000000
GENBANK/AFGI01000000
GENBANK/CM001159