Listeria_seeligeri

<i>Listeria seeligeri</i>

Listeria seeligeri

Species of bacterium

Listeria seeligeri is a Gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic, motile, nonspore-forming, bacillus-shaped species of bacteria. It is not pathogenic. The species was first isolated from plants, soil, and animal feces in Europe, was first proposed in 1983, and is named after Heinz P. R. Seeliger.[1] Seeliger first proposed the species L. ivanovii and L. innocua, and published extensively on members of the genus Listeria.[2][3]

Quick Facts Listeria seeligeri, Scientific classification ...

L. seeligeri is one of only three species of Listeria that is hemolytic, along with L. ivanovii and L. monocytogenes.[4]

References

  1. [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. doi:10.1099/00207713-33-4-866
  2. [2]
    Seeliger HP, Rocourt J, Schrettenbrunner A, Grimont PA, Jones D (1984). "Listeria ivanovii sp. nov" (PDF). International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 34 (3): 336–7. doi:10.1099/00207713-34-3-336.
  3. [3]
    Seeliger; Schoofs (July 1981). "Nonpathogenic Listeriae: L. innocua sp.n.". Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Mikrobiologie und Hygiene. 1. Abt. Originale. A, Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Infektionskrankheiten und Parasitologie. 249 (4): 487–493. doi:10.1016/S0174-3031(81)80108-4.
  4. [4]
    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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