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Virulence characterization and genotypic analyses of Listeria monocytogenes isolates from food and processing environments in eastern China.
International journal of food microbiology - 15 Jan 2008
Jiang Lingli, Chen Jianshun, Xu Jingjing, Zhang Xiaofeng, Wang Shuna, Zhao Huancan, Vongxay Khamphouth, Fang Weihuan
Abstract excerpt
In this study, twenty L. monocytogenes food-related isolates collected from eastern China Zhejiang province were compared by in vivo LD50 assays as well as in vitro cytopathic plaque forming assay. Nineteen L. monocytogenes isolates (19/20) were as virulent as reference strain 10403S, while the isolate M4 had low pathogenicity. The unique isolate M4 fell into lineage III based on the partial nucleotide variations...
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