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ArticleNature communications2021

Listeria monocytogenes faecal carriage is common and depends on the gut microbiota.

Lukas Hafner, Maxime Pichon, Christophe Burucoa, Sophie H A Nusser, Alexandra Moura, Marc Garcia-Garcera, Marc Lecuit

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Article in Nature communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35citing papers in PubMed
5.2field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 67 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Lukas Hafner *Institut Pasteur, Université de Paris, Inserm U1117, Biology of Infection Unit, 75015, Paris, France.
Maxime Pichon *University Hospital of Poitiers, Infectious Agents Department, Bacteriology and Infection Control Laboratory, 86021, Poitiers, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3732-6894
Christophe BurucoaUniversity Hospital of Poitiers, Infectious Agents Department, Bacteriology and Infection Control Laboratory, 86021, Poitiers, France.
Sophie H A NusserInstitut Pasteur, Université de Paris, Inserm U1117, Biology of Infection Unit, 75015, Paris, France.
Alexandra MouraInstitut Pasteur, Université de Paris, Inserm U1117, Biology of Infection Unit, 75015, Paris, France.
Marc Garcia-GarceraUniversity of Lausanne, Department of Fundamental Microbiology, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6408-7561
Marc LecuitInstitut Pasteur, Université de Paris, Inserm U1117, Biology of Infection Unit, 75015, Paris, France. marc.lecuit@pasteur.fr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4491-1063
Inserm · FRUniversity of Lausanne · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Listeria genus comprises two pathogenic species, L. monocytogenes (Lm) and L. ivanovii, and non-pathogenic species. All can thrive as saprophytes, whereas only pathogenic species cause systemic infections. Identifying Listeria species' respective biotopes is critical to understand the ecological contribution of Listeria virulence. In order to investigate the prevalence and abundance of Listeria species in various sources, we retrieved and analyzed 16S rRNA datasets from MG-RAST metagenomic database. 26% of datasets contain Listeria sensu stricto sequences, and Lm is the most prevalent species, most abundant in soil and host-associated environments, including 5% of human stools. Lm is also detected in 10% of human stool samples from an independent cohort of 900 healthy asymptomatic donors. A specific microbiota signature is associated with Lm faecal carriage, both in humans and experimentally inoculated mice, in which it precedes Lm faecal carriage. These results indicate that Lm faecal carriage is common and depends on the gut microbiota, and suggest that Lm faecal carriage is a crucial yet overlooked consequence of its virulence.

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AnimalsCarrier StateDatasets as TopicDisease Models, AnimalDNA, BacterialFecesGastrointestinal MicrobiomeHumansListeria monocytogenesMaleMetagenomicsMicePhylogenyRNA, Ribosomal, 16SVirulenceDNA, BacterialRNA, Ribosomal, 16S

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