Prevalence of Listeria monocytogenes and Related Species in Minimally Processed Vegetables
2004
Cho, S.Y. (Kangwon National University, Chunchon, Republic of Korea) | Moon, K.D. (Kyungbuk National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea) | Park, B.K. (Kangwon National University, Chunchon, Republic of Korea) | Oh, D.H. (Kangwon National University, Chunchon, Republic of Korea), E-mail: [email protected]
Listeria spp. were isolated from a total of 402 naturally contaminated domestic ready-to-eat (RTE) vegetable samples by the conventional Food and Drug Administration protocol and confinned by API-Listeria kit. Also, the susceptibility to 12 antibiotics, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay for virulence gene of pathogenic Listeria monocytogenes isolates, and in vitro virulence assay using myeloma and hybridoma cells from murine and human sources were tested. Among the samples, 17 samples (4.2%) were found to be contaminated with Listeria species.
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