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

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 gl...

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Main Authors: M. Beye, F. Gouriet, C. Michelle, J.-P. Casalta, G. Habib, D. Raoult, P.-E. Fournier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-03-01
Series:New Microbes and New Infections
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S205229751600007X