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Appl Environ Microbiol. 1989 April; 55(4): 902-906

Specific gene probe for detection of biotyped and serotyped Listeria strains.

S Notermans, T Chakraborty, M Leimeister-Wächter, J Dufrenne, K J Heuvelman, H Maas, W Jansen, K Wernars and P Guinee

Laboratory of Water and Food Microbiology, National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection, Bilthoven, The Netherlands.

ABSTRACT

A total of 284 strains of Listeria, including all known serovars and biovars together with Listeria grayi and Listeria murrayi, were biotyped and serotyped. Biotyping and serotyping could be done in 2 days. A gene probe encoding a delayed hypersensitivity factor (DTH) was used in the detection of pathogenic biotypes and serotypes of the tested strains. The gene was found in all 117 tested Listeria monocytogenes strains of serogroups 1/2a, 1/2b, 1/2c, 3a, 3b, 3c, 4c, 4d, 4e, 4ab, and 7. It was also present in Listeria ivanovii. Of 78 L. monocytogenes strains of serogroup 4b, 77 strains contained the gene, whereas it was absent in all 10 tested L. monocytogenes strains of serogroup 4a. Furthermore, the gene was absent in Listeria seeligeri, L. grayi, L. murrayi, and L. innocua of serogroups 3c, 4b, and 6a and in L. welshimeri of serogroups 1/2b, 3b, 6a, and 6b. Since L. monocytogenes and L. ivanovii are the only two biotypes of the genus Listeria considered pathogens, the data obtained indicate that the DNA probe tested may be a useful tool in the detection of virulent Listeria isolates in clinical, environmental, and food samples.

Appl Environ Microbiol. 1989 April; 55(4): 902-906




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