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Table 1 Prevalence of Listeria spp. in raw fish and environmental samples

From: Prevalence, antimicrobial susceptibility and virulotyping of Listeria species and Listeria monocytogenes isolated from open-air fish markets

 

No. of samples

Listeria spp.

L. monocytogenes

L. innocua

L. seeligeri

L. ivanovii

Ctenopharyngodon idella

135

32 (23.7 %)

9 (6.7 %)

14 (10.4 %)

4 (3 %)

5 (3.7 %)

Rutilus kutum

124

27 (21.8 %)

14 (11.3 %)

10 (8.1 %)

1 (0.8 %)

2 (1.6 %)

Liza auratus

120

21 (17.5 %)

7 (5.8 %)

6 (5 %)

5 (4.2 %)

3 (2.5 %)

Hypophthalmichthys molitrix

109

24 (22 %)

7 (6.4 %)

4 (3.7 %)

11 (10.1 %)

2 (1.9 %)

workers’ hands

96

11 (11.5 %)

2 (2.1 %)

5 (5.2 %)

1 (1 %)

3 (3.1 %)

workers’ knives

96

3 (3.1 %)

1 (1 %)

2 (2.1 %)

0

0

Work surface

92

12 (13 %)

2 (2.2 %)

6 (6.5 %)

2 (2.2 %)

2 (2.2 %)

Containers

90

3 (3.3 %)

1 (1.1 %)

0

0

2 (2.2 %)

Total

862

133 (15.4 %)

43 (5 %)

47 (5.5 %)

24 (2.8 %)

19 (2.2 %)