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.
Ueda
Fukiko
F
Department of Veterinary Public Health, Nippon Veterinary and Animal Science University, Tokyo 180-8602, Japan. fueda@nvau.ac.jp
Ogasawara
Kunitoshi
K
Hondo
Ryo
R
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