Rocourt J
Unité d'Ecologie bactérienne, Institut Pasteur, Paris.
Infection. 1988;16 Suppl 2:S89-91. doi: 10.1007/BF01639728.
According to DNA homology values as well as to 16S rRNA cataloguing results, the genus Listeria presently contains two groups of closely related species: one is constitued by Listeria gravi and Listeria murrayi, the other by Listeria monocytogenes, Listeria ivanovii, Listeria innocua, Listeria welshimeri, and Listeria seeligeri. Among these seven species, only two are pathogenic for humans and animals: Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria ivanovii. Listeria denitrificans was recently excluded from this genus and transferred to a new genus, Jonesia, as Jonesia denitrificans.
根据DNA同源性值以及16S rRNA分类结果，李斯特菌属目前包含两组亲缘关系密切的物种：一组由格氏李斯特菌和默氏李斯特菌组成，另一组由产单核细胞李斯特菌、伊氏李斯特菌、无害李斯特菌、威氏李斯特菌和斯氏李斯特菌组成。在这七个物种中，只有两个对人类和动物致病：产单核细胞李斯特菌和伊氏李斯特菌。反硝化李斯特菌最近已从该属中排除，并转移到一个新属——琼斯菌属，成为反硝化琼斯菌。
