{"id":366148,"date":"2017-08-30T08:10:25","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T12:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?guid=59a6ad62e932045d2c4e987b4f478304"},"modified":"2017-08-30T08:10:25","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T12:10:25","slug":"why-some-listeria-strains-survive-good-food-hygiene-standards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=366148","title":{"rendered":"Why some Listeria strains survive good food hygiene standards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the high standards of cleanliness and hygiene in the food industry, bacteria such as Listeria monocytogenes can still be found in the food processing environment. In a study published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, a team of researchers from Vetmeduni Vienna has now shown that certain Listeria strains \u2013 figuratively speaking \u2013 take refuge on an island. An &#8220;islet&#8221; of two genes located in one area of the genome increases the bacteria&#8217;s survival under alkaline and oxidative stress conditions. The researchers were able to identify the two genes as a functional unit termed a &#8220;stress survival islet&#8221;. Understanding this genetic &#8220;lifesaver&#8221; can help develop new strategies for food safety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the high standards of cleanliness and hygiene in the food industry, bacteria such as Listeria monocytogenes can still be found in the food processing environment. In a study published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, a team of researchers from Vetmeduni Vienna has now shown that certain Listeria strains &ndash; figuratively speaking &ndash; take refuge on an island. An &#8220;islet&#8221; of two genes located in one area of the genome increases the bacteria&#8217;s survival under alkaline and oxidative stress conditions. The researchers were able to identify the two genes as a functional unit termed a &#8220;stress survival islet&#8221;. Understanding this genetic &#8220;lifesaver&#8221; can help develop new strategies for food safety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":615444,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-366148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=366148"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":366149,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366148\/revisions\/366149"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/615444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=366148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=366148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=366148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}