Listeria booriae
| Listeria booriae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Division: | Firmicutes |
| Class: | Bacilli |
| Order: | Bacillales |
| Family: | Listeriaceae |
| Genus: | Listeria |
| Species: | L. booriae |
| Binomial name | |
| Listeria booriae Weller et al. 2015 | |
Listeria booriae 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 dairy processing plant in north-eastern USA, and was first published in 2015. The species is name in honor of "Kathryn Boor, a United States food scientist, for her contribution to the understanding of the biology of Listeria."[1]
References
- ↑ Daniel Weller, Alexis Andrus, Martin Wiedmann and Henk C. den Bakker. Listeria booriae sp. nov. and Listeria newyorkensis sp. nov., from food processing environments in the USA. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (2015), 65, 286–292.
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