Listeria monocytogenes shows which of the following characteristics?

A. It can grow at refrigerator temperatures (4C)
B. It is an extracellular pathogen
C. It is strictly a human pathogen
D. it is a gram-negative coccus


Ans: A. It can grow at refrigerator temperatures (4C)

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