Table 2.

Detection of L. monocytogenes isolates by cultural, PCR and Vero cytotoxic assay.

Isolate No.	Source	Haemolysis on blood agar	Haemolysin (hlyA) gene PCR assay	Vero cytotoxicity
CULM-19	Curd	+	+	+
MLM-31	Raw milk	+	+	+
MLM-47	Raw milk	+	+	+
BLM-3	Beef	+	+	+
BLM-17	Beef	+	+	+
BLM-20	Beef	+	+	+
BLM-32	Beef	+	+	+
BLM-35	Beef	+	+	+
FLM- 13	Fish meat	+	+	+
FLM- 21	Fish meat	+	+	+
FLM- 44	Fish meat	+a	+	−
FLM- 45	Fish meat	+	+	+
FLM- 73	Fish meat	+	+	+
FLM-147	Fish meat	+a	+	−
FLM-148	Fish meat	+	+	+
FLM-173	Fish meat	+	+	+
CLM- 2	Raw chicken	+	+	+
CLM- 5	Raw chicken	+	+	+
CLM- 6	Raw chicken	+	+	+
CLM- 19	Raw chicken	+	+	+
CLM- 24	Raw chicken	+	+	+
CLM- 43	Raw chicken	+	+	+
CLM-111	Raw chicken	+	+	+
CLM-116	Raw chicken	+	+	+
CLM-129	Raw chicken	+	+	+
MTCC-657	Reference strain	+	+	+

+: weak haemolysis.