Legionella cardiaca

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Legionella cardiaca
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Legionellales
Family: Legionellaceae
Genus: Legionella
Species:
L. cardiaca
Binomial name
Legionella cardiaca
Pearce, et al., 2012 [1]
Type strain
ATCC BAA-2315, DSM 25049, H63, JCM 17854 [2]

Legionella cardiaca is a Gram-negative, non-spore-forming, aerobic, rod-shaped bacterium from the genus Legionella . It was isolated from the aortic valve of a patient with endocarditis. [1] [3] [4]

References

  1. 1 2 Pearce, M. M., et al. (2012). Legionella cardiaca sp. nov., isolated from a case of native valve endocarditis in a human heart. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 62(12), 2946-54.
  2. Straininfo of Legionella cardiaca
  3. Schindler, P. Legionellen im Trinkwasser. Archived 2013-10-21 at the Wayback Machine Bayerisches Landesamt für Gesundheit und Lebensmittelsicherheit.
  4. "EzBioCloud". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-09-19.