Listeria welshimeri is a species of bacteria. It is a

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, facultatively anaerobic, motile, non-

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-forming bacillus. It is non-pathogenic and non-hemolytic. It was isolated from decayed vegetation in the United States by H. J. Welshimer, after whom the species is named. The species was first proposed in 1983.Jocelyne Rocourt and Patrick A. D. Grimont. ''Listeria welshimeri'' sp. nov. and ''Listeria seeligeri'' sp. nov. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, Oct. 1983, p. 866-869, Vol. 33. No. 4.

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Type strain of ''Listeria welshimeri'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
welshimeri Bacteria described in 1983 {{Bacilli-stub