Evaluation of chromogenic media for the detection of Listeria species in food

Aims:  The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of chromogenic agars, Agar Listeria according to Ottaviani and Agosti (ALOA) and Rapid L. mono agar, compared with Oxford agar for the enumeration and detection of Listeria species in food.

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