Whole-genome sequencing of Listeria monocytogenes serotype 4b isolated from ready-to-eat lentil salad in Algiers, Algeria

R Drali; A Deriet; B Verhaegen; S C J De Keersmaecker; N Botteldoorn; K Vanneste; N H C Roosens; F Mouffok

doi:10.1016/j.nmni.2019.100628

Whole-genome sequencing of Listeria monocytogenes serotype 4b isolated from ready-to-eat lentil salad in Algiers, Algeria

New Microbes New Infect. 2019 Dec 4:33:100628. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2019.100628. eCollection 2020 Jan.

Authors

R Drali¹, A Deriet², B Verhaegen³, S C J De Keersmaecker⁴, N Botteldoorn³, K Vanneste⁴, N H C Roosens⁴, F Mouffok²

Affiliations

¹ Plateforme Génomique-Bioinformatique, Institut Pasteur d'Algérie, Alger, Algeria.
² Laboratoire de Bactériologie des Aliments, Eaux et Environnement, Institut Pasteur d'Algérie, Alger, Algeria.
³ Sciensano, Service Food-Borne Pathogens, Brussels, Belgium.
⁴ Sciensano, Transversal Activities in Applied Genomics, Brussels, Belgium.

Abstract

Listeria monocytogenes is a Gram-positive food-borne pathogen causing a serious threat for public health. Here we announce the whole genome sequence (3 011 693 bp) of Listeria monocytogenes serotype 4b, isolated from ready-to-eat lentil salad in Algiers and belonging to sequence type 2, lineage I and clonal complex 2.

Keywords: Algeria; Listeria monocytogenes; ready-to-eat; serotype 4b; whole-genome sequencing.

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