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Listeria welshimeri

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Kingdom
  
Bacteria

Family
  
Listeriaceae

Higher classification
  
Listeria

Order
  
Bacillales

Division
  
Firmicutes

Genus
  
Listeria

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Listeria ivanovii, Listeria, Bacteria, Listeria innocua, Listeriaceae

Listeria welshimeri is a species of bacteria. It is a Gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic, motile, non-spore-forming bacillus. It is non-pathongenic and non-hemolytic. It was isolated from decayed vegetation in the United States by H. J. Welshimer, after whom the species is named. The species was first proposed in 1983.

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Listeria welshimeri Wikipedia