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Novel, highly divergent clones in Listeria monocytogenes serotype 4b in North America: Sublineages 782 and 1039, members of the hypervirulent clonal complex 2
Phillip Brown, Zuzana Kučerová, Philippe Pérot…·Sophia Kathariou
The paper identifies two new sublineages of Listeria monocytogenes serotype 4b, SL782 and SL1039, found exclusively in North America, and describes their genetic and phenotypic characteristics.
DOI 10.64898/2026.08.21.744909