Listeria monocytogenes
The two main examples of paracytophagy are the modes of cell-cell transmission of "Listeria monocytogenes" and "Shigella flexneri". In the case of "Listeria", the process was first described in detail using electron microscopy and video microscopy. The following is a description of the process of cell-cell transmission of "Listeria monocytogenes", primarily based on Robbins "et al". (1999):