Listeria seeligeri is a Gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic, motile, nonspore-forming, bacillus-shaped species of bacteria.

The species was first isolated from plants, soil, and animal feces in Europe, was first proposed in 1983, and is named after Heinz P. R.

[1] Seeliger first proposed the species L. ivanovii and L. innocua, and published extensively on members of the genus Listeria.

[2][3] L. seeligeri is one of only three species of Listeria that is hemolytic, along with L. ivanovii and L.

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