Genetic diversity of Listeria monocytogenes strains in ruminant abortion and rhombencephalitis cases in comparison with the natural environment

Papić, Bojan (author), Pate, Mateja (author), Félix, Benjamin (author), Kušar, Darja (author)

Listeria monocytogenes is the causative agent of listeriosis, a serious disease affecting both animals and humans. Here, multilocus sequence typing (MLST) was used to characterize the genetic diversity of Listeria monocytogenes strains isolated from the natural environment and animal clinical cases in Europe. The prevalence of clonal complexes (CCs) obtained was compared according to (i) the origin of isolation – clinical cases vs. natural environment – and (ii) the clinical form of animal listeriosis – rhombencephalitis vs. abortion. To this aim, two datasets were constructed. The clinical dataset consisted of 350 animal clinical isolates originating from France and Slovenia and supplemented with isolates from Switzerland and Great Britain. The natural environment dataset consisted of 253 isolates from the natural environment originating from Slovenia and supplemented with isolates from nine other European countries.

• Language: English
• Keywords: Microbiology - veterinary, Listeria monocytogenes - genetics, listeriosis, PFGE, MLST, population structure, cattle
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: VF - Veterinary Faculty
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2019
• Number of pages: art. 299, str. 1-13
• Numbering: Vol. 19
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-113457
• UDC: 636.2.09:579.86:57
• ISSN on article: 1471-2180
• DOI: 10.1186/s12866-019-1676-3
• COBISS.SI-ID: 4920186
• Publication date in RUL: 08.01.2020

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: BMC microbiology
• Shortened title: BMC Microbiol
• Publisher: BioMed Central
• ISSN: 1471-2180
• COBISS.SI-ID: 2441492

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• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
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• Licensing start date: 08.01.2020

Projects

• Funder: ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency