Table 4 List of 108 animal and environment strains from sampling campaigns.

From: A European-wide dataset to uncover adaptive traits of Listeria monocytogenes to diverse ecological niches

Partner

Country (country code)

Category

Origin of isolation

No. of strains

Isolation year

Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety AGES (n = 1)

Austria (AT)

Soil and farm environment

Meadow

1

2018

Veterinary Research Institute (n = 21)

Czech Republic (CZ)

Natural and farm environment

Soil, river bank, pond, decaying vegetation, manure

18

2016–2018

Slovakia (SK)

Natural and farm environment

Soil, river bank

3

2016

Research Unit OPAALE INRAE (n = 13)

France (FR)

Soil and farm environment

Soil, compost, pasture

13

2018–2019

Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise G.Caporale (n = 59)

Italy (IT)

Farm animals

Cow, goat, sheep [CS]

7

2014–2018

Soil and farm environment

Soil and river water

16

2016–2018

Wild animals

Fox, wolf, porcupine, badger, bear, snail, crayfish, roe deer, wild boar [NS]

36

2014, 2016–2018

Norwegian Veterinary Institute (n = 5)

Norway (NO)

Wild animals

Deer and reindeer [NS]

5

2017–2018

Veterinary Faculty, University of Ljubljana (n = 3)

Slovenia (SI)

Soil and farm environment

Water pond and soil

3

2018

State Veterinary and Food Institute Dolny Kubin (n = 1)

Slovakia (SK)

Wild animal

Snail

1

2019

Department of Microbiology, National Food Agency (n = 1)

Sweden (SE)

Soil and farm environment

Pasture

1

2018

Agroscope (n = 4)

Switzerland (CH)

Soil and farm environment

Pasture soil

3

2019

Wild animal

Snail

1

2019

  1. CS, Clinical Symptoms. The reported clinical symptoms included rhombencephalitis, abortion, septicemia and mastitis/subclinical mastitis. The type of clinical samples included cerebellum/brain tissue, aborted fetus, fetal membrane, liver, internal organs, feces and milk.
  2. NS, No listeriosis-associated Symptoms