Nature Communications (Nov 2021)

Listeria monocytogenes faecal carriage is common and depends on the gut microbiota

  • Lukas Hafner,
  • Maxime Pichon,
  • Christophe Burucoa,
  • Sophie H. A. Nusser,
  • Alexandra Moura,
  • Marc Garcia-Garcera,
  • Marc Lecuit

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27069-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Here, the authors show that Listeria monocytogenes faecal carriage is common in healthy asymptomatic individuals and, together with mouse studies, they associate carriage with a specific microbiome signature.