L. monocytogeneslineages | Serogroups1or serotype2 | Number of isolates | Number of PFGE3types | PFGE ID4 | Number of fAFLP3types | fAFLP ID4 |
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I | IVb | 35 | 36 | 0.988 | 33 | 0.981 |
IIb | 11 |
II | IIa | 45 | 45 | 0.995 | 43 | 0.989 |
IIc | 5 |
III | 4a | 1 | 1 | n/a | 1 | n/a |
Total:
|
97
|
82
|
0.996
|
76
|
0.993
|
- 1 Serogrouping performed by multiplex PCR [4]: results are from both the European Reference Laboratory (EURL) for L. monocytogenes and the UK National Reference laboratory (UK-NRL) for Listeria.
- 2 Based on sero-agglutination performed by EURL.
- 3ApaI/AscI-PFGE was performed by the EURL and HindIII/HhaI-fAFLP by UK-NRL.
- 4 Index of discrimination calculated according to the Simpson’s index of diversity (ID) [25]. n/a: not applicable.