Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have shown that Listeria responds to an antibiotic, despite the pathogen carrying genes that should make it highly resistant.

Their study report, published in the journal PLOS Genetics, reports that the susceptibility of the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes to the antibiotic is complex and involves interactions between resistance and virulence genes and the environment.

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