Table 4.

Distribution of the results of the virulence gene amplification from Listeria species.

Primer	Species	Positive	Negative
		N (%)	N (%)
inlC_Liu 1	L. monocytogenes	28 (100.0)	0
	L. innocua	0	12 (100.0)
inlC In–End	L. monocytogenes	28 (100.0)	0
	L. innocua	5 (41.7)	7 (58.3)
prfA Johnson–End	L. monocytogenes	28 (100.0)	0
	L. innocua	0	12 (100.0)
prfA_Johnson2	L. monocytogenes	28 (100.0)	0
	L. innocua	0	12 (100.0)
prfA Detec	L. monocytogenes	28 (100.0)	0
	L. innocua	0	12 (100.0)
plcA ext	L. monocytogenes	28 (100.0)	0
	L. innocua	5 (41.7)	7 (58.3)
plcA Detec	L. monocytogenes	28 (100.0)	0
	L. innocua	5 (41.7)	7 (58.3)
plcB ext	L. monocytogenes	28 (100.0)	0
	L. innocua	0	12 (100.0)
inlB In– Seq 3	L. monocytogenes	28 (100.0)	0
	L. innocua	0	12 (100.0)
inlB Seq 2	L. monocytogenes	28 (100.0)	0
	L. innocua	0	12 (100.0)
inlA In–Detec	L. monocytogenes	28 (100.0)	0
	L. innocua	0	12 (100.0)
inlAB_Jung 3	L. monocytogenes	28 (100.0)	0
	L. innocua	5 (41.7)	7 (58.3)
hly ext	L. monocytogenes	28 (100.0)	0
	L. innocua	0	12 (100.0)
hly End	L. monocytogenes	28 (100.0)	0
	L. innocua	5 (41.7)	7 (58.3)
hly_Border 4	L. monocytogenes	28 (100.0)	0
	L. innocua	5 (41.7)	7 (58.3)
hly Detec	L. monocytogenes	28 (100.0)	0
	L. innocua	5 (41.7)	7 (58.3)
inlJ_Liu 1	L. monocytogenes	28 (100.0)	0
	L. innocua	0	12 (100.0)
inlJ ext	L. monocytogenes	23 (82.1)	5 (17.9)
	L. innocua	0	12 (100.0)

¹Primers described by Liu et al. [16]. ²Primers described by Johnson et al. [6]. ³Primers described by Jung et al. [17]. ⁴Primers described by Border et al. [22].