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Microbiol. Biotechnol. Lett. 2024; 52(3): 328-330
https://doi.org/10.48022/mbl.2406.06006
Received: June 13, 2024; Revised: July 26, 2024; Accepted: July 31, 2024
Whole-Genome Analysis of CC224 Listeria monocytogenes Strain IJPL9-1, Clonally Related to the Listeriosis Outbreak Strain in 2018, Isolated from Pork in Korea
Mi Ru Lee and Kun Taek Park*
Department of Biological Sciences, Inje University, Gimhae 50834, Republic of Korea
Correspondence to :
Kun Taek Park, ktpark@inje.ac.kr
Listeriosis is one of serious foodborne disease caused mainly by consumption of food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. In this study, we isolated L. monocytogenes strain IJPL9-1 from pork in Korea and conducted whole-genome sequencing (WGS). WGS data revealed a single chromosome of 2,913,085 bp. The strain was identified as sequence type (ST) 224, clonal complex (CC) 224, lineage I, and sub-lineage (SL) 6178 based on multilocus sequence typing (MLST) and core genome MLST (cgMLST). The average nucleotide identity was 95.15% with the reference genome EGD-e and 99.99% with FSCNU_000110, the outbreak strain in Korea in 2018. The serogroup was determined to be IIb, and the presence of antimicrobial resistance genes fosX, vga(G), mprF, norB, and sul was determined.
Keywords: Listeria monocytogenes, whole-genome sequence, clonal complex 224, Pork
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