Listeria monocytogenes, once an obscure microorganism, has achieved international prominence as a food-borne pathogen, with a public health and economic impact. Consequently, a vigorous multidisciplinary research effort has been undertaken by investigators from such diverse fields as food, veterinary and medical microbiology, immunology, epidemiology, cell and molecular biology, clinical medicine, pathology, and microbial taxonomy. The Society of Industrial Microbiology have been instrumental in compiling this diversity of research effort into a single source. The underlying aim is to answer the question: can we eliminate L. monocytogenes from human food supply? By reviewing the current status of Listeria research and assembling the thoughts and ideas of preeminent Listeria workers who contributed to this volume, new directions are pointed out, and answers to essential questions are provided.
Listeria monocytogenes, once an obscure microorganism, has achieved international prominence as a food-borne pathogen, with a public health and economic impact. Consequently, a vigorous multidisciplinary research effort has been undertaken by investigators from such diverse fields as food, veterinary and medical microbiology, immunology, epidemiology, cell and molecular biology, clinical medicine, pathology, and microbial taxonomy. The Society of Industrial Microbiology have been instrumental in compiling this diversity of research effort into a single source. The underlying aim is to answer the question: can we eliminate L. monocytogenes from human food supply? By reviewing the current status of Listeria research and assembling the thoughts and ideas of preeminent Listeria workers who contributed to this volume, new directions are pointed out, and answers to essential questions are provided.
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Dedication. Foreword. Preface. List of Contributors 1. Listeriosis - avoidable risk? (H.P.R. Seeliger). 2. Listeria monocytogenes: What is its ecological niche? (D.L. Archer). 3. Taxonomy and general characteristics of Listeria spp. (J. Lovett). 4. Listeria monocytogenes: physiology and metabolism (R.C. Benedict). 5. Listeria in the environment (S.A. McCarthy). 6. Listeriosis in food animals: clinical signs and livestock as a potential source of direct (nonfoodborne) infection for humans (D.W. Hird and C. Genigeorgias). 7. Clinical listeriosis - implications and pathogenesis (B. Lorber). 8. Listeria, animals and man: aspects of virulence (W.F. Schlech III). 9. Laboratory studies of virulence of Listeria monocytogenes (S. Kathariou and L. Pine). 10. Epidemiology of listeriosis in the United States (C.V. Broome, B. Gellin and B. Schwartz). 11. Dietary risk factors for sporadic listeriosis: association with consumption of uncooked hot dogs and undercooked chicken (B. Schwartz, R.W. Pinner and C.V. Broome). 12. Epidemiology of human listeriosis in Europe, with special reference to the Swiss outbreak (J. Bille). 13. A case-control study of a cluster of perinatal listeriosis (L. Chun, L. Mascola, T.J. Conley, W.F. Bibe, B. Schwartz, C. Salminen and P. Heseltine). 14. Lysis of Listeria monocytogenes by nisin (D.J. Monticello and D. O'Connor). 15. Advances in cultural methods for the detection of Listeria monocytogenes (R.L. Buchanan). 16. Assessment of the ability of plating methods to accurately detect Listeria in foods (R.E. Brackett, L.R. Beuchat, D.A. Golden and P.K. Cassiday). 17. A monoclonal antibody enzyme immunoassay (ELISA) for the detection of Listeria in foods and environmental samples (R.J. Durham, J.A. Mattingly, B.T. Butman and B.J. Robison). 18. Gene probes for Listeria monocytogenes (A.R. Datta). 19. A colorimetric assay for the detection of Listeria using nucleic acid probes (W. King, S.M. Raposa, J.E. Warshaw, A.R. Johnson, D. Lane, J.D. Klinger and D.N. Halbert). 20. Listeriolysin O gene: role in virulence and use as a DNA probe (J. Mengaud, M.F. Vicente, J. Chenevert, F. Baquero, J.C. Perez-Diaz and P. Cossart). 21. Identification of the rRNA genes of Listeria monocytogenes (S. Pandian and E. Emond). 22. Economic impact of disease caused by Listeria monocytogenes (T. Roberts and R. Pinner). 23. Occurrence of Listeria in foods: milk and dairy foods (E.H. Marth and E.T. Ryser). 24. Occurrence of Listeria monocytogenes in meat and poultry (J.M. Carosella). 25. Presence and public health implications of Listeria monocytogenes on vegetables (L.R. Beuchat, M.E. Berrang and R.E. Brackett). 26. Outgrowth of Listeria monocytogenes in foods (J. Lovett, D.W. Francis and J.G. Bradshaw). 27. Resistance of Listeria monocytogenes to heat (C.W. Donnelly). 28. Stability of Listeria monocytogenes to non-thermal processing conditions (A.M. Lammerding and M.P. Doyle). 29. Stress-induced injury in Listeria monocytogenes (J.L. Smith). 30.
