title: Assignment of Listeria grayi and Listeria murrayi to a single species, Listeria grayi, with a revised description of Listeria grayi.
abstract: The genomic relatedness between Listeria grayi and Listeria murrayi was reevaluated by using DNA-DNA hybridization, multilocus enzyme electrophoresis, and rRNA restriction fragment length polymorphism techniques. The high levels of similarity observed between the strains of these two species confirmed the data published since 1973 and indicated that they should be considered members of a single species. On grounds of priority, the species should be named L. grayi.
authors.affiliation: Centre National de Référence pour la Lysotypie et le Typage Moléculaire de Listeria, Département de Bactériologie-Mycologie, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rocourt
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Boerlin
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Grimont
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jacquet
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Piffaretti
mesh_terms: D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D008087:Listeria / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial