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Detection of Listeria monocytogenes in raw and pasteurized liquid whole eggs and characterization by PFGE.
International journal of food microbiology - 31 Mar 2010
Rivoal Katell, Quéguiner Stéphane, Boscher Evelyne, Bougeard Stéphanie, Ermel Gwennola, Salvat Gilles, Federighi Michel, Jugiau Florence, Protais Jocelyne
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Listeria monocytogenes has been recognized as a human pathogen for decades and is known to be an important foodborne pathogen. There have been no documented foodborne L. monocytogenes illnesses due to the consumption of eggs or egg products, even though the bacterium has been isolated from faeces, body fluid, and oviducts of asymptomatic laying hens. In order to describe L. monocytogenes contamination of egg...
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