Genome Sequences of Listeria monocytogenes Strains Responsible for Cheese- and Cooked Ham Product-Associated Swiss Listeriosis Outbreaks in 2005 and 2011

Taurai Tasara; Jochen Klumpp; Jacques Bille; Roger Stephan

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00106-16

Genome Sequences of Listeria monocytogenes Strains Responsible for Cheese- and Cooked Ham Product-Associated Swiss Listeriosis Outbreaks in 2005 and 2011

Genome Announc. 2016 Mar 10;4(2):e00106-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00106-16.

Authors

Taurai Tasara¹, Jochen Klumpp², Jacques Bille³, Roger Stephan⁴

Affiliations

¹ Vetsuisse Faculty, Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland tasarat@fsafety.uzh.ch.
² Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
³ Institute of Microbiology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
⁴ Vetsuisse Faculty, Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

Abstract

The complete genome sequences of three Listeria monocytogenes serotype 1/2a strains, Lm 3136, Lm 3163, and Lm N1546, which were responsible for listeriosis outbreaks in 2005 and 2011 in Switzerland, are presented here.