FLAGELLAR MOTILITY REDUCTION IN LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES AFTER TREATMENT WITH CANNABIS SATIVA L. ESSENTIAL OIL

E. MARINI, G. MAGI, A. GIULIANI, V. DE DOMINICIS, M. PAVANI, M.R. RIPPO, A. PUGNALONI, B. FACINELLI

Article ID: 6484
Vol 32, Issue 4S1, 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54517/jbrha6484
Received: 8 September 2018; Accepted: 8 September 2018; Available online: 8 September 2018; Issue release: 8 September 2018

Abstract

A major group of plant antimicrobial compounds is represented by essential oils (EOs), complexmixtures of volatile secondary metabolites belonging to different chemical families. Cannabis sativa L.has been grown for thousands of years for a multiplicity of purposes; in recent years, some genotypescontaining low cannabinoid concentrations have been selected and used for research purposes. Listeriamonocytogenes is a facultative intracellular food pathogen, mobile for the presence of several flagella.In humans, the treatment of listeriosis is hampered by the intracellular location of listeriae and thepoor intracellular penetration of some antibiotics. Flagellum-based motility has been implicated invirulence since it is critical for initial surface attachment. The purpose of this study was to investigate theantibacterial and anti-virulence properties of an EO extracted from a legal C. sativa L. variety against aclinical isolate of L. monocytogenes.



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