
Name DOI	10.1601/nm.5102
Name	Listeria murrayi Welshimer and Meredith 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)
Name Status	Validly Published
Current Authority	Welshimer and Meredith 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)
Preferred Name	Listeria grayi
Taxonomic Rank	species
Nomenclatural Type (designated strain)	Refer to the type exemplar.

Taxonomy	10.1601/tx.5102
Type Strain representative organism	F-9^T (=CIP 76124 =DSM 20596 =ATCC 25401 =CLIP 12515 =NCTC 10812 =NCTC 13651)


Proper Form	Listeria murrayi Welshimer and Meredith 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)
Nomenclatural History	The species Listeria murrayi was originally described by Welshimer and Meredith 1971. This name appeared on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names 1980. Rocourt et al. transferred the members of Listeria grayi Errebo Larsen and Seeliger 1966 (Approved Lists 1980) into this species in 1992.

Citation	When referring specifically to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier. Name Abstract for Listeria murrayi Welshimer and Meredith 1971 (Approved Lists 1980).April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.5102.
Source File	10.1601/nm.5102.xml


This information was last reviewed on May 6, 2010.

References

Rocourt J, Boerlin P, Grimont F, Jacquet C, Piffaretti J-C. Assignment of Listeria grayi and Listeria murrayi to a single species, Listeria grayi, with a revised description of Listeria grayi. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:171-174. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-42-1-171 [PubMed].
Welshimer HJ, Meredith A. Listeria murrayi sp. n.: nitrate-reducing mannitol fermenting Listeria. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1971; 21:3-7. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-21-1-3.
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225.