title: Gene probes for the detection of Listeria spp.
abstract: Four cloned genes of Listeria monocytogenes coding for listeriolysin O, beta-haemolysin, CAMP-factor and a DTH-inducing protein (DTH-18) were used as gene probes in DNA-DNA hybridization with different listerial references strains. The fragment encoding for DTH-18 is the only probe reacting specifically with pathogenic strains of L. monocytogenes and Listeria ivanovii.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Würzburg, FRG.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leimeister-Wächter
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chakraborty
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics*; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D015342:DNA Probes; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004274:DNA, Recombinant; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006460:Hemolysin Proteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics*; D008087:Listeria / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D015342:DNA Probes; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004274:DNA, Recombinant; D006460:Hemolysin Proteins