Molecular typing of Listeria monocytogenes isolated in Japan by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.

doi:10.1292/jvms.60.749

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Molecular typing of Listeria monocytogenes isolated in Japan by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.

The Journal of veterinary medical science - 1 Jun 1998

Nakama A, Matsuda M, Itoh T, Kaneuchi C

Abstract excerpt

A total of 40 strains of Listeria monocytogenes which have been demonstrated to be serovar 1/2a, 1/2b, and 4b were genotyped by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) after separate digestion with Apa I, Asc I, Sma I, and Sse 8387 I. Twenty-seven unrelated strains including four representative s...

Topics

Animals
Cattle
Cheese
Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
Food Microbiology
Genotype
Humans
Japan
Listeria monocytogenes
Meat
Milk
Restriction Mapping
Salmon
Sea Urchins
Serotyping
Swine

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