Prevalence of Listeria monocytogenes in Wild Birds, Rodents and Bats From Nanga Merit, Kapit

Listeria monocytogenes is gram-positive and facultatively anaerobic bacteria. It is an important pathogen which caused listeriosis in both human and animals. This study is focusing on the prevalence of L. monocytogenes in three selected animals namely wild birds, rodents and bats from Nanga Merit, K...

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Main Author: Annastasia, Mathew
Format: Final Year Project Report / IMRAD
Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, UNIMAS 2010
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Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/7887/
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description Listeria monocytogenes is gram-positive and facultatively anaerobic bacteria. It is an important pathogen which caused listeriosis in both human and animals. This study is focusing on the prevalence of L. monocytogenes in three selected animals namely wild birds, rodents and bats from Nanga Merit, Kapit. Seventy four samples were tested. Seven samples had positive growth on CHROMagar Listeria and five samples had positive growth on PALCAM Listeria Selective Agar. Fraser Broth was used to enrich the samples. There were two types of medium used to culture the bacteria which were CHROMagar Listeria and PALCAM Listeria Selective Agar. Positive growths of L.monocytogenes on CHROMagar Listeria were blue-green colonies with white haloes. Meanwhile, the appearance of positive colonies on PALCAM Listeria Selective Agar is grey-green colonies with black haloes. The positive growths were further tested with biochemical tests. In this study, the biochemical tests which had been conducted were oxidase test, catalase test, Simmon’s Citrate test, triple sugar ion test and sulphide indole motility test. This study showed two samples had positive results for all biochemical tests while the others had atypical results.
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spelling unimas-78872023-02-27T04:07:25Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/7887/ Prevalence of Listeria monocytogenes in Wild Birds, Rodents and Bats From Nanga Merit, Kapit Annastasia, Mathew QL Zoology Listeria monocytogenes is gram-positive and facultatively anaerobic bacteria. It is an important pathogen which caused listeriosis in both human and animals. This study is focusing on the prevalence of L. monocytogenes in three selected animals namely wild birds, rodents and bats from Nanga Merit, Kapit. Seventy four samples were tested. Seven samples had positive growth on CHROMagar Listeria and five samples had positive growth on PALCAM Listeria Selective Agar. Fraser Broth was used to enrich the samples. There were two types of medium used to culture the bacteria which were CHROMagar Listeria and PALCAM Listeria Selective Agar. Positive growths of L.monocytogenes on CHROMagar Listeria were blue-green colonies with white haloes. Meanwhile, the appearance of positive colonies on PALCAM Listeria Selective Agar is grey-green colonies with black haloes. The positive growths were further tested with biochemical tests. In this study, the biochemical tests which had been conducted were oxidase test, catalase test, Simmon’s Citrate test, triple sugar ion test and sulphide indole motility test. This study showed two samples had positive results for all biochemical tests while the others had atypical results. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, UNIMAS 2010 Final Year Project Report / IMRAD NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/7887/1/Annastasia%20anak%20Mathew%20ft.pdf Annastasia, Mathew (2010) Prevalence of Listeria monocytogenes in Wild Birds, Rodents and Bats From Nanga Merit, Kapit. [Final Year Project Report / IMRAD] (Unpublished)
spellingShingle QL Zoology
Annastasia, Mathew
Prevalence of Listeria monocytogenes in Wild Birds, Rodents and Bats From Nanga Merit, Kapit
title Prevalence of Listeria monocytogenes in Wild Birds, Rodents and Bats From Nanga Merit, Kapit
title_full Prevalence of Listeria monocytogenes in Wild Birds, Rodents and Bats From Nanga Merit, Kapit
title_fullStr Prevalence of Listeria monocytogenes in Wild Birds, Rodents and Bats From Nanga Merit, Kapit
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence of Listeria monocytogenes in Wild Birds, Rodents and Bats From Nanga Merit, Kapit
title_short Prevalence of Listeria monocytogenes in Wild Birds, Rodents and Bats From Nanga Merit, Kapit
title_sort prevalence of listeria monocytogenes in wild birds, rodents and bats from nanga merit, kapit
topic QL Zoology
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/7887/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/7887/1/Annastasia%20anak%20Mathew%20ft.pdf