Table 1.

Species in the genus Listeria. Adapted from Nwaiwu [3].

Species	Year of Description	Reference
Listeria monocytogenes	1940	[4]
Listeria innocua	1983	[5]
Listeria seeligeri	1983	[6]
Listeria welshimeri	1983	[6]
Listeria ivanovii	1984	[7]
Listeria grayi	1992	[8]
Listeria marthii	2010	[9]
Listeria rocourtiae	2010	[10]
Listeria fleischmannii	2013	[11]
Listeria weihenstephanensis	2013	[12]
Listeria aquatica	2014	[13]
Listeria cornellensis	2014	[13]
Listeria floridensis	2014	[13]
Listeria grandensis	2014	[13]
Listeria riparia	2014	[13]
Listeria booriae	2015	[14]
Listeria newyorkensis	2015	[14]
Listeria goaensis	2018	[15]
Listeria costaricensis	2018	[16]
Listeria thailandensis	2019	[17]
Listeria valentina	2020	[18]
Listeria cossartiae	2021	[19]
Listeria farberi	2021	[19]
Listeria immobilis	2021	[19]
Listeria portnoyi	2021	[19]
Listeria rustica	2021	[19]