Legionella gormanii

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Legionella gormanii
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Legionellales
Family: Legionellaceae
Genus: Legionella
Species:
L. gormanii
Binomial name
Legionella gormanii
Morris et al. 1980 [1]
Type strain
ALLO3, ATCC 33297, ATCC 33342, CCUG 12267, CIP 104724, DSM 16641, LS-13 (ALLO3), LS12.9, NCTC 11401 [2]
Synonyms [3]

Fluoribacter gormanii

Legionella gormanii is a Gram-negative bacterium from the genus Legionella which was isolated from soil samples from a creek bank in Atlanta and from the bronchial brush specimen of a patient who suffered from pneumonia. [4] [5] [6] L. gormanii can cause atypical pneumonia together with L. pneumophila . [7]

References

  1. ↑ LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de
  2. ↑ "Straininfo of Legionella gormanii". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
  3. ↑ Taxonomy Browser
  4. ↑ Journal of Clinical Microbiology
  5. ↑ Griffith, ME; Lindquist, DS; Benson, RF; Thacker, WL; Brenner, DJ; Wilkinson, HW. "First isolation of Legionella gormanii from human disease". J Clin Microbiol. 26: 380–1. PMC   266289 . PMID   3278000.
  6. ↑ eol
  7. ↑ Buchbinder, S; Leitritz, L; Trebesius, K; Banas, B; Heesemann, J. "Mixed lung infection by Legionella pneumophila and Legionella gormanii detected by fluorescent in situ hybridization". Infection. 32: 242–5. doi: 10.1007/s15010-004-2127-z . PMID   15293082.


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