Characteristics of Listeria monocytogenes isolated from imported meat in Japan.
The genomic structure of the iap region in Listeria monocytogenes (serovar 4b), isolated from chicken imported into Japan, was compared with those from Japanese strains. The isolate was similar to the Japanese strains in a comparatively new, rare group. Such strains might be imported from foreign countries.
Department of Veterinary Public Health, Nippon Veterinary and Animal Science University, Tokyo 180-8602, Japan. fueda@nvau.ac.jp
Fukiko
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Ueda
Kunitoshi
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Ogasawara
Ryo
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Hondo
D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002645:Chickens; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis*; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008089:Listeria monocytogenes / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008460:Meat / Q000382:microbiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015183:Restriction Mapping
D004269:DNA, Bacterial