Listeria newyorkensis
Species of bacterium
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Listeria newyorkensis is a species of bacteria. It is a Gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic, non-motile, non-spore-forming bacillus. It is non-pathogenic and non-hemolytic. It was discovered in a seafood processing plant in New York, and was first published in 2015.[1]
| Listeria newyorkensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Bacillota |
| Class: | Bacilli |
| Order: | Caryophanales |
| Family: | Listeriaceae |
| Genus: | Listeria |
| Species: | L. newyorkensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Listeria newyorkensis Weller et al. 2015 | |
Listeria newyorkensis "(c)an be differentiated from other species of the genus Listeria by the absence of the α-mannosidase reaction, inability to acidify D-arabitol, and ability to acidify D-ribose, D-galactose and L-arabinose."
