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Legionella yabuuchiae is a bacterium from the genus Legionella which was isolated from industrial wastes in contaminated soils in Japan.
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Legionella thermalis is a bacterium from the genus Legionella which has been isolated from water from a hot spring in Tokyo on Japan.
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- ↑ LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de
- ↑ Straininfo of Legionella londiniensis
- ↑ Taxonomy Browser
- ↑ Furuhata, K; Ogihara, K; Ishizaki, N; Oonaka, K; Yoshida, Y; Goto, K; Hara, M; Miyamoto, H; Yoshida, S; Fukuyama, M (2010). "Identification of Legionella londiniensis isolated from hot spring water samples in Shizuoka, Japan, and cytotoxicity of isolates". J Infect Chemother. 16 (5): 367–71. doi:10.1007/s10156-010-0062-8. PMID 20419328. S2CID 40116819.
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