Listeria monocytogenes and related listeria: improved US-FDA methods for isolation and identification
Listeria monocytogenes and related listeria: improved US-FDA methods for isolation and identification
Date
2001
Authors
Surendran, P.K.
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Publisher
Central Institute of Fisheries Technology
Abstract
On the basis of DNA/DNA homology studies Rocourt et al divided the genus Listeria into 8 species: L. monocytogenes, L. ivanovii, L. innocua, L. welshmerii, L. seeligeri, L. grayi, L. murrayi and L. denitrificans. Now L. denitrificans has been removed from the group of Listeria. It is now classified as Jonesia denitrificans. Both USA and Europian Union countries now insist that no Listeria should br present in sea food imported to those countries. A number of methods involving different enrichment and selective media have been developed. The most suitable method is described here Listeria species other than L. monocytogenes are also isolated by this method.
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Listeria monocytogenes, isolation, identification
Citation
In Winter School Manual on "Advances in microbiological and biotechnological methods for the detectioin of pathogenic microorganisms and their toxins in fishery environments", organized by CIFT,5-25 November: 2001, 41-43