Genome analysis of Listeria ivanovii strain G770 that caused a deadly aortic prosthesis infection

Abstract

We sequenced the genome of Listeria ivanovii strain G770, which caused a deadly infection of the thoracic aortic prosthesis of a 78-year-old man. The 2.9 Mb genome exhibited 21 specific genes among L. ivanovii strains, including five genes encoding a type I restriction modification system and one glycopeptide resistance gene.

Keywords

• Listeria ivanovii
• vascular infection
• genome sequence
• pathogenesis
• type I restriction system