Listeria monocytogenes isolates from ready to eat plant produce are diverse and have virulence potential

Listeria monocytogenes is sporadically detected on a range of ready to eat fresh produce lines, such as spinach and rocket, and is a threat to public health. However, little is known about the diversity of L. monocytogenes present on fresh produce and their potential pathogenicity. In this work, fif...

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description Listeria monocytogenes is sporadically detected on a range of ready to eat fresh produce lines, such as spinach and rocket, and is a threat to public health. However, little is known about the diversity of L. monocytogenes present on fresh produce and their potential pathogenicity. In this work, fifteen Listeria monocytogenes isolates from the UK fresh produce supply chain were characterised using whole genome sequencing (WGS). Additionally, isolates were characterised based on their ability to form biofilm. Whole genome sequencing data was used to determine the sequence type of isolates based on multi-locus sequence typing (MLST), construct a core single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) phylogeny and determine the presence of virulence and resistance associated genes. MLST revealed 9 distinct sequence types (STs) spanning 2 lineages (I & II) with one isolate belonging to the ST6 subtype, strains from which have been recently implicated in two large, food-associated L. monocytogenes outbreaks in South Africa and across Europe. Although most of the 15 isolates were different, comparison of core genome SNPs showed 4 pairs of ‘indistinguishable’ strains (
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Contamination
Food
Food contamination
Food microbiology
Food processing
Food processing industry
Food production
Food safety
Fresh produce
Gene sequencing
Genomes
Health risks
Listeria
Listeria monocytogenes
Microorganisms
Multilocus sequence typing
Nonsense mutation
Nucleotide sequence
Outbreaks
Pathogenicity
Pathogens
Phylogeny
Polymorphism
Public health
Single-nucleotide polymorphism
Spinach
Stop codon
Supply chains
Virulence
Virulence factors
Whole genome sequencing
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