| Legionella birminghamensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Legionellales |
| Family: | Legionellaceae |
| Genus: | Legionella |
| Species: | L. birminghamensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Legionella birminghamensis Wilkinson et al. 1988 [1] | |
| Type strain | |
| 1407-AL-H, ATCC 43702, BCRC 17042, CCRC 17042, CCUG 31233 A, CIP 103871, DSM 19232, GIFU 11749, JCM 7559, KCTC 12007, NCTC 12437 [2] | |
Legionella birminghamensis is a Gram-negative, non-spore-forming, aerobic bacterium from the genus Legionella , which was isolated from a cardiac transplant recipient and from water near Clermont-Ferrand in France. [3] [4] [5] [6] It was named after Birmingham, Alabama. [1]