Table 1.

Sequences of the strain-specific primer sets and genotypes targeted.

Primer set	Oligonucleotide sequence 5′ → 3′	Genotype targeted L. monocytogenes:
		L9	DG125A6	DG119D9
C10	CTTCAAACCCGGCATATCAT	+	+	+
C11	GGAATGTTGGCGAATTTGTT
A19	AATCCATGGTACCGGTTTTTATTTGT	+	−	+
A20	CTCGAGTAAACTCAAGCTTTTAATTA
B7	AGCTAGCTGTCATGAAGTTTGCTCTCG	+	+	−
D2	AAGAATCCGCAACTTTCATGG

+ amplification, − no amplification.