Investigating boundaries of survival, growth and expression of genes associated with stress and virulence of Listeria monocytogenes in response to acid and osmotic stress.

The objective of this study was to correlate the relative transcription of Listeria monocytogenes (strains C5, 6179) stress- (gad2, sigB) and virulence- (prfA) associated genes following habituation at twenty-five pH (4.8, 5.0, 5.