Listeria

Summary

Listeria is a taxon^[1]. Listeria ranks in the top 0.66% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,865 views/month, #1,294 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Listeria's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Listeria is classified at the rank of genus^[4].
• Joseph Lister is named after Listeria^[5].
• Listeria belongs to the parent taxon Listeriaceae^[6].
• Under binomial nomenclature, Listeria is Listeria^[7].
• Listeria's Commons category is recorded as Listeria^[8].
• The taxonomic type of Listeria is Listeria monocytogenes^[9].
• Listeria's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Listeria^[10].
• Listeria's different from is recorded as Listeria^[11].
• Listeria's LPSN URL is recorded as https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/listeria^[12].
• Listeria's Gram staining is recorded as gram-positive bacteria^[13].
• Listeria's homonymous taxon is recorded as Listeria^[14].

Body

Classification

Listeria's scientific name is Listeria^[7]. Listeria is classified at the rank of genus^[4]. Listeria is classified within Listeriaceae^[6]. The taxonomic type of Listeria is Listeria monocytogenes^[9].

Discovery and Description

Joseph Lister is named after Listeria^[5]. Things named for Listeria include listeriosis^[15], an infectious disease^[16].

Identifiers

Listeria's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 1637^[17]. Listeria's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 83583^[18]. Listeria's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3225442^[19]. Listeria's ITIS TSN is recorded as 957485^[20].

Why It Matters

Listeria ranks in the top 0.66% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,865 views/month, #1,294 of 195,241).^[2] Listeria has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[21] Listeria is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[22]

Entities named for Listeria include listeriosis^[15], an infectious disease^[16].