DNA polymorphism in 35 Listeria monocytogenes strains belonging to serovars 1/2a, 1/2b, 1/2c, and 4b was studied by genomic DNA digestion. The restriction endonucleases ApaI and NotI, which cleave DNA at rare sequences, were used, and DNA fragments were analyzed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Restriction fragment length polymorphism varied among different serovars and was used for epidemiological studies, but serovar 1/2c isolates could not be analyzed because their restriction patterns were indistinguishable. The genome sizes were calculated by addition of the sizes of the ApaI fragments and were found to be about 2,660 kb for serovar 1/2a strains, 2,640 kb for serovar 1/2b strains, and 2,710 kb for serovar 4b strains but only 2,340 kb for serovar 1/2c strains. This last group therefore appears to differ from the other serovar strains by the absence of restriction fragment length polymorphism and a chromosome that is 15% shorter, suggesting that strains of serovar 1/2c have quite recently emerged.
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