Scientific Publications by FDA Staff

Genome Announc 2014 Dec 24;2(6):e01243-14

Whole-Genome Sequencing Identifies an Atypical Listeria monocytogenes Strain Isolated from Pet Foods.

Burall LS, Grim C, Gopinath G, Laksanalamai P, Datta AR

Four Listeria isolates, including an atypical strain, were isolated from various pet foods and sequenced. We report here the draft genome sequences of these isolates and a comparative genomic analysis with a closely related human clinical isolate. An analysis of the atypical strain identified a frameshift mutation in the prfA gene.