While you're busy tossing out the tainted food in your frig, better
include those OSCAR MEYER chicken strips with rib meat. Yep, they could
be tainted with Listera(a new one on me). Listeria is a killer, so they
say.

sounds like a mouthwash sushi....lolol what is it?

Have not seen any bulletins or reports on this one

Listeria is a bacterial genus containing six species. Named in honour of
Joseph Lister, Listeria species are Gram positive bacilli and are
typified by L. monocytogenes, the causative agent of Listeriosis.
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Pathogenesis:
Listeria uses the cellular machinery to move around inside the host
cell: it induces directed polymerisation of actin by the ActA
transmembrane protein, thus pushing the bacterial cell around.
Listeria monocytogenes for example, encodes virulence genes which are
thermoregulated. The expression of virulence factor is optimal at 37
degrees Celsius and is controlled by a transcriptional activator, PrfA,
whose expression is thermoregulated. At low temperatures, the PrfA
transcript is not translated due to structural elements near the
ribosome binding site. As the bacteria infects the host, the temperature
of the host melts the structure and allows translation initiation for
the virulent genes.
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Epidemiology
The Center for Science in the Public Interest has published a list of
foods that have sometimes caused outbreaks of Listeria: hot dogs, deli
meats, raw milk, cheeses (particularly soft-ripened cheeses like feta,
Brie, Camembert, blue-veined, or Mexican-style “queso blanco”), raw and
cooked poultry, raw meats, ice cream, raw vegetables, raw and smoked
fish.
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Treatment
Antibiotics effective against Listeria species include vancomycin,
ciprofloxacin, linezolid, azithromycin, and cotrimoxazole.
Future treatment options
Intralytix has created a virus spray with bacteriophages to be applied
to food for the prevention of Listeriosis by killing six strains of L.
monocytogenes bacterium

Wow...Warm and cozy, and brains to boot...What a smart bear!

Don t eat anything you buy, it might kill you

ewwww

Hi Bear, I see you've been into the thesarus again. LOL

Hi!Sushi.Well my fine,fair lady indeed I have.Ain't I just a curious
Bear though.Think of me as one big bearific sponge just yearning and
seeking out knowledge where ever it may attempt to lie unknowingly
within harmonious vast banks of knowledge.(lmao) Bear scratches
his head and thinks what is all the fuss over bananas? O.K.then
back to pillaging camping sites.(((bear~hug)))

I JUST GOT RID OF MY PETER PAN!

hmmmmm--i eat 'em---

Thank you Sushi and Cybear.

I had not read about this one as of yet.

OK, now I have. I guess I have not bought any of those so don't even
have to look in the frig or freezer!

lol.

Verb