“…The basis for serotyping Listeria species is by identification of the flagella (H) and somatic (O) antigen (Donnelly, Baigent, & Briggs, ). Listeria monocytogenes strains have more elaborate classification unlike strains of other Listeria species thus, 12 serotypes/serotypes (½a, ½b, ½c, 3a, 3b, 3c, 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, 4e, and 7) were described by (Seeliger & Höhne, ; Morobe, Obi, Nyila, Matsheka, & Gashe, ) and 13 serotypes described by some scholars, including serotype (4ab) in their classifications (FDA, ; Girgin & Çadirci, ; Graves, Swaminathan, & Hunter, ; Jacquet, Gouin, Jeannel, Cossart, & Rocourt, ; Muchaamba et al, ). Three strains of Listeria innocua (4ab, 6a, and 6b); a strain of Listeria ivannovi ; two strain of L .…”