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An Investigation On The Impact Of Intestinal Oxygen Availability On Survival And Regulation Of Virulence In Listeria Monocytogenes, Damayanti Chakravarty
An Investigation On The Impact Of Intestinal Oxygen Availability On Survival And Regulation Of Virulence In Listeria Monocytogenes, Damayanti Chakravarty
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The deadly foodborne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes is a gram positive facultative anaerobic bacterium. It is the third leading cause of death from food-borne illnesses. Once ingested, it encounters various stressors in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, including acidic pH, bile, and alterations in oxygen availability. Various studies have been done regarding the pathogen’s survival mechanism against acid and bile. Since the lower parts of the GI tract are anaerobic, it is imperative to investigate how physiologically relevant anaerobic conditions impact L. monocytogenes’s survival. Transcriptomic analysis of L. monocytogenes under conditions mimicking the GI tract was performed. A large number of genes …