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Listeria weihenstephanensis

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Listeria weihenstephanensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Bacilli
Order: Caryophanales
Family: Listeriaceae
Genus: Listeria
Species:
L. weihenstephanensis
Binomial name
Listeria weihenstephanensis
Halter et al. 2013

Listeria weihenstephanensis is a species of bacteria. It is a Gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic, non-motile, non-spore-forming bacillus. It is non-pathongenic and non-hemolytic. It was discovered in a Lemna trisulca plant in a pond in Bavaria, Germany. The species name reflects the region in which it was first isolated, and was first published in 2013.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ Evi Lang Halter, Klaus Neuhaus and Siegfried Scherer. Listeria weihenstephanensis sp. nov., isolated from the water plant Lemna trisulca taken from a freshwater pond. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (2013), 63, 641–647.
  2. ^ Weller, D., Andrus, A., Wiedmann, M. and den Bakker, H.C., 2015. Listeria booriae sp. nov. and Listeria newyorkensis sp. nov., from food processing environments in the USA. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 65(1), pp.286-292.
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