Draft genome sequences of a historical collection of Listeria monocytogenes from humans and other sources, 1926-1964

Phillip Brown; Robert G E Murray; Sara Galsworthy; Mirena Ivanova; Pimlapas Leekitcharoenphon; Todd Ward; Zuzana Kucerova; Yi Chen; Driss Elhanafi; Robin Siletzky; Sophia Kathariou

doi:10.1128/MRA.00625-23

Draft genome sequences of a historical collection of Listeria monocytogenes from humans and other sources, 1926-1964

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2023 Oct 19;12(10):e0062523. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00625-23. Epub 2023 Sep 29.

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
² Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
³ Research Group for Genomic Epidemiology, National Food Institute,Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark.
⁴ U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Peoria, Illinois, USA.
⁵ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), EDLB/DFWED, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
⁶ Division of Microbiology, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration, College Park, Maryland, USA.
⁷ Biomanufacturing Training and Education Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
⁸ Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.

Abstract

Listeria monocytogenes can persistently contaminate food processing environments and tolerate sanitizers. Most sequenced strains are from clinical and environmental sources in the contemporary era, with relatively few prior to extensive food processing and sanitizer use. We report the genome sequences of a diverse panel of 83 strains from 1926 to 1964.

Keywords: DNA sequencing; Listeria monocytogenes; food-borne pathogens; genomes; historical strains; intracellular pathogens; listeriosis.

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