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Genetic Determinants for Cadmium and Arsenic Resistance among Listeria monocytogenes Serotype 4b Isolates from Sporadic Human Listeriosis Patients

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APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 79, Issue 7, Pages 2471-2476

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AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03551-12

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  1. USDA [2006-35201-17377]
  2. U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service

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In Listeria monocytogenes serotype 4b isolates from sporadic listeriosis, heavy metal resistance was primarily encountered in certain clonal groups (ECI, ECII, and ECIa). All arsenic-resistant isolates harbored the arsenic resistance cassette previously identified in pLI100; ECIa harbored additional arsenic resistance genes and a novel cadmium resistance determinant in a conserved chromosomal locus.

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