Results of the whole-genomic sequencing and annotation of the Listeria phenotype

Marina Terekhova¹
¹St. Petersburg State University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics, Saint-Petersburg, RussiaвЂЁ, n.mim@mail.ru

The incidence of Listeriosis in recent years is constantly increasing. So, in highly developed countries it ranges from 0.3 to 1.5, while in Russia – only 0.04%[1]. Moreover, the indicators in Moscow and St. Petersburg exceed those in the whole country by 4 times, which is explained by the different quality of clinical and laboratory diagnostics. Moreover, mortality due to complications of listeriosis infection can reach 30% [2]. Therefore, the fact of contamination of food products with listeria is of great concern. In this case, the strains of the species L. monocytogenes, L. innocua, L. ivanovii, L. grayii, L. seeligeri, L. welshimeriare most often distinguished. And if earlier it was believed that representatives of the species L. monocytogenespossess the largest set of pathogenicity factors, then the possibilities of molecular and bioinformatics research methods provide a reliable picture with respect to other representatives of the genus Listeria, in particular L. innocua.