Raising a Bacterium to the Rank of a Model System: The Listeria Paradigm

Annu Rev Microbiol. 2023 Sep 15:77:1-22. doi: 10.1146/annurev-micro-110422-112841.

Abstract

My scientific career has resulted from key decisions and reorientations, sometimes taken rapidly but not always, guided by discussions or collaborations with amazing individuals from whom I learnt a lot scientifically and humanly. I had never anticipated that I would accomplish so much in what appeared as terra incognita when I started to interrogate the mechanisms underlying the virulence of the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes. All this has been possible thanks to a number of talented team members who ultimately became friends.

Keywords: DNA-protein interactions; RNA-mediated regulation; autobiography; cellular microbiology; infection biology; postgenomics.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Bacteria
  • Humans
  • Listeria*
  • Models, Biological
  • Virulence