Listeria aquatica

Listeria aquatica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Division:	Firmicutes
Class:	Bacilli
Order:	Bacillales
Family:	Listeriaceae
Genus:	Listeria
Species:	L. aquatica
Binomial name
Listeria aquatica den Baker et al. 2014

Listeria aquatica is a Gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic, nonmotile, nonspore-forming rod-shaped species of bacteria. It is not pathongenic. It was discovered from running water in Florida, and was first described in 2014. Its name comes from Latin, "found in water, aquatic".

L. aquatica is the only member of genus Listeria that can ferment maltose. It is also the only nonmotile Listeria that can ferment D-tagatose.

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