EXPRESSION OF VIRULENCE GENES OF LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES IN FOOD

In the present study, the development of reverse transcription‐quantitative polymerase chain reaction protocols for three virulence genes ( plcA , iap and hly ) and the sigB stress response gene that may be applied for the determination of the virulence gene expression of Listeria monocytogenes in situ was reported. When applied to L. monocytogenes strains of different origin (#3, isolated from meat; National Collection of Type Cultures 10527, a...