Listeria welshimeri

Listeria welshimeri
Scientific 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

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.

External links

• Type strain of Listeria welshimeri at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase