Research – Costa Rica scientists discover new Listeria species

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Scientists with the Costa Rican Institute of Technology (TEC) report the discovery of a new species of bacteria. “Listeria costaricensis” will be officially named the new species of bacteria identified by Johnny Peraza and Kattia Núñez with the Biotechnology Research Center of the TEC, in collaboration with scientists from the Pasteur Institute, based in Paris France, according to a TEC release (computer translated).

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