Legionella fallonii

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Legionella fallonii
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L. fallonii
Binomial name
Legionella fallonii
Adeleke et al. 2001 [1]
Type strain
ATCC 700992, CCUG 43887, CIP 107645, DSM 19889, LLAP-10 [2]

Legionella fallonii is a Gram-negative, catalase-positive, weakly oxidase-positive bacterium from the genus Legionella which was isolated from a ship air-conditioning system. [3] [4] [5] [6]

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References

  1. LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de
  2. Straininfo of Legionella fallonii
  3. Adeleke, AA; Fields, BS; Benson, RF; Daneshvar, MI; Pruckler, JM; Ratcliff, RM; Harrison, TG; Weyant, RS; Birtles, RJ; Raoult, D; Halablab, MA (2001). "Legionella drozanskii sp. nov., Legionella rowbothamii sp. nov. and Legionella fallonii sp. nov.: three unusual new Legionella species". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 51: 1151–60. doi: 10.1099/00207713-51-3-1151 . PMID   11411684.
  4. UniProt
  5. ATCC
  6. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Archived 2015-05-13 at the Wayback Machine