<b>Figure S1</b>

<b>Figure S1:</b> Alignment of the nucleotide sequences of the eight virulence genes, such as: <i>hly</i>, <i>inlE</i>, <i>inlF</i>, <i>lapB</i>, <i>inlI</i>, <i>oatA</i>, <i>oppA</i> and <i>plcA</i> with novel allele profiles revealed in either the <i>Listeria monocytogenes</i> (Lm) strain AUF-2 or the Lm strain AUF-3, respectively, versus the NCBI reference, the Lm strain EGD-e.