Listeria rocourtiae

Listeria rocourtiae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Division: Firmicutes
Class: Bacilli
Order: Bacillales
Family: Listeriaceae
Genus: Listeria
Species: L. rocourtiae
Binomial name
Listeria rocourtiae
Leclercq et al. 2010

Listeria rocourtiae is a species of bacteria. It is a Gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic, motile, non-spore-forming bacillus. It is non-pathongenic and non-hemolytic. The species was first isolated from pre-cut lettuce in Salzburg, Austria in 2002. It is named in honor of Jocelyne Rocourt, "whose work had a major impact on the taxonomy of the genus Listeria."[1]

References

  1. Leclercq, A.; Clermont, D.; Bizet, C.; Grimont, P. A. D.; Le Fleche-Mateos, A.; Roche, S. M.; Buchrieser, C.; Cadet-Daniel, V.; Le Monnier, A.; Lecuit, M.; Allerberger, F. (2010). "Listeria rocourtiae sp. nov". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 60 (9): 2210–2214. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.017376-0. ISSN 1466-5026.

Further reading

  • den Bakker, Henk C; Cummings, Craig A; Ferreira, Vania; Vatta, Paolo; Orsi, Renato H; Degoricija, Lovorka; Barker, Melissa; Petrauskene, Olga; Furtado, Manohar R; Wiedmann, Martin (2010). "Comparative genomics of the bacterial genus Listeria: Genome evolution is characterized by limited gene acquisition and limited gene loss". BMC Genomics. 11 (1): 688. doi:10.1186/1471-2164-11-688. ISSN 1471-2164. PMC 3019230. PMID 21126366.


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