Isolation of Listeria monocytogenes in lamb meat and determination of the antibiotic resistance

Abstract

Summary:In this study the occurrence of Listeria monocytogenes and other Listeria species were investigated from a total of 120 retail raw lamb meat samples and L. monocytogenes isolates were verified by using PCR based on hylA gene which is responsible for virulence. All L. monocytogenes isolates were analyzed by antimicrobial susceptibility tests. L. monocytogenes was isolated from 19 (15.8%) of the samples examined. The other species isolated were L. innocua, L. weshimeri and L. grayi 26 (21.6%), nine (7.5%) 2 (1.6%) strains respectively. According to the PCR analysis, hlyA gene was detected from the 58 of the isolates which were isolated from L. monocytogenes positive 19 lamb meat samples. The antibiotic resistance profiles of the 58 isolates to nine antibiotics were detected by disc diffusion method. Five (8.6%) isolates were found to be resistant to antibiotics. Among the five isolates, four (6.9%) displayed multiple resistance, only one isolate was resistant to tetracycline.Keywords: Antimicrobial resistance, food safety, lamb meat, Listeria, PCR. Kuzu etlerinden Listeria monocytogenes izolasyonu ve antibiyotik dirençliliklerinin belirlenmesi