Listeria welshimeri

Listeria welshimeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Bacilli
Order: Caryophanales
Family: Listeriaceae
Genus: Listeria
Species:
L. welshimeri
Binomial name
Listeria welshimeri
Rocourt et al. 1983

Listeria welshimeri is a species of bacteria. It is a Gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic, motile, non-spore-forming bacillus. It is non-pathogenic and non-hemolytic. It was isolated from decayed vegetation in the United States by H. J. Welshimer, after whom the species is named. The species was first proposed in 1983.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Jocelyne Rocourt and Patrick A. D. Grimont. Listeria welshimeri sp. nov. and Listeria seeligeri sp. nov. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, Oct. 1983, p. 866-869, Vol. 33. No. 4.
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