| Listeria booriae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Division: | Firmicutes |
| Class: | Bacilli |
| Order: | Bacillales |
| Family: | Listeriaceae |
| Genus: | Listeria |
| Species: | L. booriae |
| Binomial name | |
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Listeria booriae Weller et al. 2015 |
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Listeria booriae is a Gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic, nonmotile, nonspore-forming rod-shaped species of bacteria. It is not pathongenic and nonhemolytic. It was discovered in a dairy processing plant in the Northeastern United States, and was first described in 2015. The species name honors "Kathryn Boor, a United States food scientist, for her contribution to the understanding of the biology of Listeria."