Rank Species | Division Firmicutes Order Bacillales | |
Similar Listeriaceae, Listeria ivanovii, Listeria innocua, Bacillales, Rhodococcus equi | ||
Listeria floridensis 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. The species was discovered in and named after Florida, and its discovery was first published in 2014.
L. floridensis is the only non-motile member of genus Listeria that is unable to reduce nitrate.
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