Listeria floridensis
Species of bacterium
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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.[1]
| Listeria floridensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Bacillota |
| Class: | Bacilli |
| Order: | Caryophanales |
| Family: | Listeriaceae |
| Genus: | Listeria |
| Species: | L. floridensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Listeria floridensis den Bakker et al. 2014 | |
Listeria floridensis is the only non-motile member of genus Listeria that is unable to reduce nitrate.
