What is genus Listeria?
Listeria
Listeria monocytogenes/Genus
What is the scientific name for Listeria?
Listeria monocytogenes
Listeria monocytogenes/Scientific names
Listeria monocytogenes (L. monocytogenes) is a species of pathogenic (disease-causing) bacteria that can be found in moist environments, soil, water, decaying vegetation and animals, and can survive and even grow under refrigeration and other food preservation measures. When people eat food contaminated with L.
What is ActA Listeria?
The Actin assembly-inducing protein (ActA) is a protein encoded and used by Listeria monocytogenes to propel itself through a mammalian host cell. ActA is a bacterial surface protein comprising a membrane-spanning region.
What is another name for Listeria?
Listeria monocytogenes, L. monocytogenes.
Is Listeria Gram positive or negative?
Listeria monocytogenes is a facultative, intracellular, gram-positive rod that is responsible for causing the infection listeriosis. Listeria causes severe infection in the elderly, neonates and the immunocompromised with only a self-limited gastrointestinal infection in the immunocompetent.
What is the common name for listeria monocytogenes?
Listeria monocytogenes is the species of pathogenic bacteria that causes the infection listeriosis….
| Listeria monocytogenes | |
|---|---|
| Genus: | Listeria |
| Species: | L. monocytogenes |
| Binomial name | |
| Listeria monocytogenes (E. Murray et al. 1926) Pirie 1940 |
What does Listeriolysin O do?
Listeriolysin O (LLO) is a secreted pore-forming protein essential for the escape of L. monocytogenes from the vacuole formed upon initial internalization. However, its role in intracellular growth and cell-to-cell spread events has not been testable by a genetic approach.
Is Listeria named after Lister?
Harvey Pirie named Listeria monocytogenes in honor of Lord Joseph Lister, although it was actually discovered by Everitt Murray! In 1866, Lister pioneered antiseptic surgical techniques using carbolic acid.