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. 1990 Sep;56(9):2930–2932. doi: 10.1128/aem.56.9.2930-2932.1990

Detection of Listeria monocytogenes by using the polymerase chain reaction.

M T Bessesen 1, Q A Luo 1, H A Rotbart 1, M J Blaser 1, R T Ellison 3rd 1
PMCID: PMC184869  PMID: 2125817

Abstract

A method was developed for detection of Listeria monocytogenes by polymerase chain reaction amplification followed by agarose gel electrophoresis or dot blot analysis with a 32P-labeled internal probe. The technique identified 95 of 95 L. monocytogenes strains, 0 of 12 Listeria strains of other species, and 0 of 12 non-Listeria strains.

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