Population structure and gene flux of Listeria monocytogenes ST121 reveal prophages as a candidate driver of adaptation and persistence in food production environments

03/07/2025 6 min

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Episode Synopsis

This article "Population structure and gene flux of Listeria monocytogenes ST121 reveal prophages as a candidate driver of adaptation and persistence in food production environments" is published in Microbial Genomics. Author:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ana Victoria GutiérrezJournal:Microbial GenomicsYear:2025Podcast type:ShortThe authors are ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Ana Victoria Gutiérrez1​, Michaela Matthews1​, Maria Diaz1​, Thanh Le Viet1​, Leonardo de Oliveira Martins1​, Frieda Jørgensen2​, Heather Aird2​, Anaïs Painset2​, Nicolle Som1​, Oleksii Omelchenko1​,3​, Evelien M. Adriaenssens1​,3​, Robert A. Kingsley1​,3​ and Matthew W. Gilmour1​Affiliations:Quadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK; 2UK Health Security Agency, Food, Water and Environmental Microbiology Laboratories and the Gastrointestinal Bacteria Reference Unit, London, UK; 3University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.

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