Legionella drancourtii

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Legionella drancourtii
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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]

References

  1. LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de
  2. "Straininfo of Legionella drancourtii". Archived from the original on 2013-09-29. Retrieved 2013-09-25.
  3. La Scola, B; Birtles, RJ; Greub, G; Harrison, TJ; Ratcliff, RM; Raoult, D (2004). "Legionella drancourtii sp. nov., a strictly intracellular amoebal pathogen". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 54 (Pt 3): 699–703. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.02455-0 . PMID   15143011.
  4. "EzBioCloud". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-09-25.
  5. La Scola, B; Birtles, RJ; Greub, G; Harrison, TJ; Ratcliff, RM; Raoult, D (2004). "Legionella drancourtii sp. nov., a strictly intracellular amoebal pathogen" (PDF). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology . 54 (3): 699–703. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.02455-0 . PMID   15143011.