Listeria weihenstephanensis

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]

Listeria weihenstephanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Bacteria
Division:
Firmicutes
Class:
Bacilli
Order:
Bacillales
Family:
Listeriaceae
Genus:
Listeria
Species:
L. weihenstephanensis
Binomial name
Listeria weihenstephanensis
Halter et al. 2013

References
  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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