Table 1.
Listeria monocytogenes and Pseudomonas fluorescens strains used in the study.
| Species | Strain Name | Source of Isolation |
Serotype | Pulsotype ApaI | Pulsotype AscI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L. monocytogenes | LM1 | Gorgonzola cheese | 1/2b | GX6A12.0051 | GX6A16.0071 |
| L. monocytogenes | LM2 | Mozzarella cheese | 4b | GX6A12.0073 | GX6A16.0010 |
| L. monocytogenes | LM3 | Gorgonzola cheese | 1/2a | GX6A12.0032 | GX6A16.0029 |
| L. monocytogenes | LM4 | Caciotta cheese | 1/2a | GX6A12.0390 | GX6A16.0271 |
| L. monocytogenes | LM5 | Environmental | 1/2b | GX6A12.0349 | GX6A16.0255 |
| L. monocytogenes | LM6 | Environmental | 1/2b | GX6A12.0005 | GX6A16.0009 |
| L. monocytogenes | LM7 | Environmental | 1/2c | GX6A12.0373 | GX6A16.0261 |
| L. monocytogenes | LM8 | Environmental | 1/2c | GX6A12.0002 | GX6A16.0007 |
| P. fluorescens | pf5 | Mozzarella cheese |