Comparison of the ISO method and three modifications of it for the enumeration of low concentrations of Listeria monocytogenes in naturally contaminated foods

• Main Authors: Barre, Lena, Skjerdal, Taran, Brasseur, Emilie, Papa-Georgiou, Georgios T., Odiatou, Elena M., Bulawova, Hana, Auvolat, Anais, Favret, Sarah, Lombard, Bertrand, Gnanou Besse, Nathalie
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Zenodo 2020
• Subjects: Enumeration; Filtration; Food; Listeria monocytogenes; Microbiological methods; https//www.cabi.org/cabthesaurus/; Bolton; Cornu; Lombard; Norway; Palombo; Salmo salar
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3730898; https://zenodo.org/record/3730898

Sensitive methods for enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes (L. monocytogenes) are needed to verify compliance with microbiological criteria in ready-to-eat foods. Here, we assessed the reference EN ISO 11290-2 method and three modifications of it with lower threshold levels for enumeration in terms...