Virulent Rough Filaments of Listeria monocytogenes from Clinical and Food Samples Secreting Wild-Type Levels of Cell-Free p60 Protein
AUTOR(ES)
Rowan, Neil J.
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
Atypical rough cell filaments of Listeria monocytogenes (designated FR variants), isolated from clinical and food samples, form long filaments up to 96 μm in length and demonstrated wild-type levels of adherence, invasion, and cytotoxicity to human epithelial HEp-2, Caco-2, and HeLa cells. Unlike previously described avirulent rough mutants of L. monocytogenes that secrete diminished levels of the major extracellular protein p60 and that form long chains that consist of multiple cells of similar size (designated MCR variants), FR variants secreted wild-type or greater levels of p60. This study shows that virulent filamentous forms of L. monocytogenes occur in clinical and food environments and have atypical morphological characteristics compared to those of the wild-type form.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
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