Simultaneous deficiency of both MurA and p60 proteins generates a rough phenotype in Listeria monocytogenes.
Characterization of the prfA virulence gene cluster insertion site in non-hemolytic Listeria spp.: probing the evolution of the Listeria virulence gene island.
Listeria monocytogenes serovar 4a is a possible evolutionary intermediate between L. monocytogenes serovars 1/2a and 4b and L. innocua.
Discovery of natural atypical nonhemolytic Listeria seeligeri isolates.
RNA polymerase beta subunit (rpoB) gene and the 16S-23S rRNA intergenic transcribed spacer region (ITS) as complementary molecular markers in addition to the 16S rRNA gene for phylogenetic analysis and identification of the species of the family Mycoplasmataceae.
Evolutionary history of the genus Listeria and its virulence genes.