Listeria cornellensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Bacteria |
Division: | Firmicutes |
Class: | Bacilli |
Order: | Bacillales |
Family: | Listeriaceae |
Genus: | Listeria |
Species: | L. cornellensis |
Binomial name | |
Listeria cornellensis den Bakker et al. 2014 |
Listeria cornellensis is a species of bacteria. It is a Gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic, non-motile, non-spore-forming bacillus. It is non-pathongenic. The species was named after Cornell University, and its discovery was first published in 2014.
L. cornellensis is phenotypically similar to L. grandensis, but is genetically distinct.