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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, March 2008, p. 1653-1655, Vol. 74, No. 5
0099-2240/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.01773-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Teichoic Acid Glycosylation Mediated by gtcA Is Required for Phage Adsorption and Susceptibility of Listeria monocytogenes Serotype 4b{triangledown}

Ying Cheng,1,{dagger} Nattawan Promadej,2,{ddagger} Jae-Won Kim,1 and S. Kathariou1*

North Carolina State University, Department of Food Science, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695,1 Department of Microbiology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 968222

Received 31 July 2007/ Accepted 4 December 2007

An insertion mutant of gtcA, responsible for serotype-specific glycosylation of the cell wall teichoic acid in serotype 4b strains of Listeria monocytogenes, was also resistant to both Listeria genus- and serotype 4b-specific phages. The sugar substituents on teichoic acid appeared essential for the adsorption of phages A500 (serotype 4b specific) and A511 (Listeria genus specific) to serotype 4b L. monocytogenes.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: North Carolina State University, Department of Food Science, Campus Box 7624, Raleigh, NC 27695-7624. Phone: (919) 513-2075. Fax: (919) 513-0014. E-mail: sophia_kathariou{at}ncsu.edu

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 11 January 2008.

{dagger} Present address: University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine, Athens, GA 30602.

{ddagger} Present address: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, March 2008, p. 1653-1655, Vol. 74, No. 5
0099-2240/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.01773-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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