TABLE 2.

Identification of recurrent and sporadic L. monocytogenes isolates found in raw-milk samples from four different processors

Source processor	Isolation date	Serogroup	MEE type	PFGE type (AscI)	Status
A	Feb. 1989	4	ET 18	XVIII	Sporadic
	May 1989	1	ET 27	IV	Recurrent
	June 1989	1	ET 27	IV	Recurrent
	July 1989	1	ET 37	XII	Sporadic
	July 1989	4	ET 13	XVIII	Sporadic
B	Dec. 1988	1	ET 35	XI	Recurrent
	Apr. 1989	4	ET 07	I	Sporadic
	May–early 1989	1	ET 35	XIII	Recurrent
	May–late 1989	1	ET 35	XIII	Recurrent
	June 1989	1	ET 35	XIII	Recurrent
	Sept. 1989	1	ET 36	X	Sporadic
C	Dec. 1988	1	ET 26	III	Sporadic
	May 1989	4	ET 20	XVII	Sporadic
	July 1989	1	ET 30	V	Sporadic
	Aug. 1989	1	ET 47	VIII	Sporadic
	Sept. 1989	1	ET 45	V	Sporadic
	Oct.–early 1989	1	ET 47	IX	Sporadic
	Oct.–late 1989	1	ET 19	II	Sporadic
	Nov. 1989	1	ET 46	VII	Sporadic
D	May 1989	1	ET 40	XIV	Recurrent
	June 1989	1	ET 40	XV	Recurrent
	Aug. 1989	1	ET 40	XVI	Recurrent
	Nov. 1989	1	ET 15	VI	Sporadic