Listeria Monocytogenes in Foods: from Resistance Mechanisms to Development of Novel Protective Strategies
A special issue of Biology (ISSN 2079-7737). This special issue belongs to the section "Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 December 2021) | Viewed by 4070
Special Issue Editors
Interests: food microbiology; antimicrobials; proteomic; stress response
Special Issue Information
Dear colleagues,
Listeria monocytogenes is a Gram-positive microorganism that can cause the well-known listeriosis disease, or so-called “YOPI”, an infection of great concern especially for young, old, pregnant, and immune-compromised people.
This bacterium is frequently found in various foodstuffs, mainly those characterized by pH values higher than 4.4. To date, several strategies are hypothesized to inhibit the growth of undesirable microorganisms, such as technological processing, antimicrobial substances or protective microbial cultures. Unfortunately, in the case of several food types, sub-lethal pH values may induce resistance mechanisms to acid stress, which makes the cells more resistant to severe acid conditions. The tolerance to low pH values (can survive but not grow from 3.3 to 4.2) in addition to high salt concentrations, the ability to grow at refrigeration temperature as well as the ability to form biofilms allow the survival of this pathogen in several foods, including ready-to-eat foods. Understanding the Listeria monocytogenes virulence, antimicrobial resistance mechanisms, and environmental stress adaptation could contribute to the development of novel and effective antimicrobial strategies based on protective methods.
The Special Issue encourages the publication of original research articles on the following main topics:
- Listeria monocytogenes virulence;
- Proteomic and metabolomics-based approaches to detect L. monocytogenes;
- Antimicrobial resistance mechanisms in L. monocytogenes;
- Gene expression in stress responses;
- Stress protein expression in L. monocytogenes or in L. monocytogenes surrogate species;
- L. monocytogenes susceptibilities;
- Novel anti-Listeria strategies;
- Challenge test to validate anti-Listeria effectiveness of novel protective strategies.
Dr. Gianfranco Pannella
Prof. Patrizio Tremonte
Guest Editors
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