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PFGE as a Tool to Track Listeria monocytogenes in Food Processing Facilities: Case Studies

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The use of PFGE to track Listeria monocytogenes strains from the food processing environment to the food is explained in this chapter through two case studies. This illustrates the usefulness of this method to identify putative routes of contamination and persistent strains and to help in the implementation of corrective actions in food processing facilities to control the occurrence of this pathogenic bacterium.

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  1. Department of Microbiology & Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, University College Cork, Co. Cork, Ireland

    Marion Dalmasso

  2. Teagasc Food Research Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland

    Kieran Jordan

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  1. Teagasc Food Research Center, Moorepark, Fermoy, Co. Cork, Cork, Ireland

    Kieran Jordan

  2. Department of Microbiology & Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, University College Cork, Co. Cork, Cork, Ireland

    Marion Dalmasso

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Dalmasso, M., Jordan, K. (2015). PFGE as a Tool to Track Listeria monocytogenes in Food Processing Facilities: Case Studies. In: Jordan, K., Dalmasso, M. (eds) Pulse Field Gel Electrophoresis. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1301. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2599-5_3

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