Kingdom Bacteria Order Bacillales Genus Listeria Rank Species | Division Firmicutes Family Listeriaceae Higher classification Listeria | |
Similar Listeria, Bacteria, Listeria ivanovii, Listeria innocua, Listeriaceae | ||
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.
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