Legionella drancourtii | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
Order: | Legionellales |
Family: | Legionellaceae |
Genus: | Legionella |
Species: | L. drancourtii |
Binomial name | |
Legionella drancourtii La Scola et al. 2004 [1] | |
Type strain | |
ATCC 50991, CCUG 111, LLAP 12 [2] |
Legionella drancourtii is a Gram-negative bacterium from the genus Legionella which occurs in nature as a strictly intracellular parasite of free-living amoebae. [3] [4] It is named after Michel Drancourt. [5]