@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-24-2-177, author = "STUART, SARAH E. and WELSHIMER, H. J.", title = "Taxonomic Reexamination of Listeria Pirie and Transfer of Listeria grayi and Listeria murrayi to a New Genus, Murraya", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "1974", volume = "24", number = "2", pages = "177-185", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-24-2-177", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-24-2-177", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "The intergeneric relationships of Listeria monocytogenes have been examined by both classic taxonomic criteria and deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) polynucleotide sequence homology. Analysis of characters according to Adansonian principles indicated that Listeria monocytogenes 19303 was phenotypically most closely related to streptococci, Staphylococcus aureus, and Diplococcus pneumoniae. DNA:DNA hybridization studies, however, failed to reveal significant relatedness between the listeriae and Corynebacteriaceae, Micro-coccaceae, or Lactobacillaceae. It is recommended, on the basis of the results reported here and the results of a previous hybridization study, that Listeria grayi and Listeria murrayi be transferred to a new genus, Murraya, as M. grayi, and M. grayi subsp. murrayi, respectively. A new family, Listeriaceae, is proposed for the genera Listeria and Murraya. ", }