Table of Contents

A 20-Year Perspective on Listeria monocytogenes Pathogenesis.- Listeriosis.- Listeria Genomics.- Metabolism and Physiology of Listeria monocytogenes.- The Cell Wall of Listeria monocytogenes and its Role in Pathogenicity.- Environmental Reservoir and Transmission into the Mammalian Host.- Regulation of Listeria monocytogenes Virulence Genes.- Invasion of Host Cells by Listeria monocytogenes.- Escape of Listeria monocytogenes from a Vacuole.- Actin-Based Motility and Cell-to-Cell Spread of Listeria monocytogenes.- Adaptive Immunity to Listeria monocytogenes.- Immune Evasion and Modulation by Listeria monocytogenes.- Bacteriophages of Listeria.