Listeria
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| Listeria | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Division: | Firmicutes |
| Class: | Bacilli |
| Order: | Bacillales |
| Family: | Listeriaceae |
| Genus: | Listeria Pirie 1940 |
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L. grayi |
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Listeria are a type of Bacteria that includes about ten species and is named after Joseph Lister. Listeria are very common, they occur almost everywhere. Two of the ten species are pathogens: they can cause a disease called Listeriosis. Listeriosis is usually caused by food gone bad.
In 2011, 21 people died from eating cantaloupes from a Colorado farm having listeria. In 1998, hot dogs and possibly deli meats made by Bil Mar Foods, a subsidiary of Sara Lee Corp., also had listeria and killed 21 people. In 1985, listeria in Mexican-style soft cheese was linked to 52 deaths.[1]
References [change]
- ↑ Associated Press (October 7, 2011). "21 deaths now linked to listeria in cantaloupe, new deaths reported in Indiana, New York". Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/21-deaths-now-linked-to-listeria-in-cantaloupe-new-deaths-reported-in-indiana-new-york/2011/10/07/gIQApgSTTL_story.html. Retrieved October 10, 2011.
