Listeria marthii

Listeria marthii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Division: Firmicutes
Class: Bacilli
Order: Bacillales
Family: Listeriaceae
Genus: Listeria
Species: L. marthii
Binomial name
Listeria marthii
Graves et al. 2010

Listeria marthii is a species of bacteria. It is a Gram-positive, motile, facultatively anaerobic, non-spore-forming bacillus. It is non-pathogenic, and non-hemolytic. The species was first isolated from Finger Lakes National Forest in New York. It is named after Elmer H. Marth, a researcher of L. monocytogenes, and was first published in 2010. L. marthii was the first new species of Listeria proposed since 1985.[1]

References

  1. Graves, L. M.; Helsel, L. O.; Steigerwalt, A. G.; Morey, R. E.; Daneshvar, M. I.; Roof, S. E.; Orsi, R. H.; Fortes, E. D.; Milillo, S. R.; den Bakker, H. C.; Wiedmann, M.; Swaminathan, B.; Sauders, B. D. (2010). "Listeria marthii sp. nov., isolated from the natural environment, Finger Lakes National Forest". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 60 (6): 1280–1288. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.014118-0. ISSN 1466-5026.

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