The invention discloses a nucleotide sequence for detecting listeria monocytogenes and a detection method and a detection kit, wherein the nucleotide sequence is expressed as SEQ ID NO. 1, the detection method is as follows: firstly, extracting the gene group DNA of the sample to be detected; secondly, taking the gene group DNA as the template, mixing with the specific primer Lm16, PCR buffer solution, MgCl2 solution, deoxidation nucleoside triphosphate mixture and Taq-DNA polymerase for preparing the PCR reaction system, carrying out the PCR reaction; finally, detecting whether the PCR product is the single amplification product, the size of which is 1623bp. The kit comprises the specific primer, PCR buffer solution, MgCl2 solution, deoxidation nucleoside triphosphate mixture and Taq-DNA polymerase. The kit can effectively detect the listeria monocytogenes in the food, and the detection sensitivity for the bacteria is high, the specificity is good and the antijamming capability is strong.