Taxonomy of the Listeria genus and typing of L. monocytogenes
Rocourt, J.
Pathologie-Biologie 44(9): 749-756
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 0369-8114 PMID: 8977897 Document Number: 456914
The genus Listeria contains six species (L. monocytogenes, L. innocua, L. ivanovii, L. seeligeri, L. welshimeri and L. grayi) among which only L. monocytogenes can cause infections in humans. Typing of L. monocytogenes includes phenotypic methods, serotyping and phage-typing, and molecular methods, mainly ribotyping, multilocus enzyme analysis, DNA micro- and macrorestriction analysis and RAPD (Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA).