Legionella maceachernii

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Legionella maceachernii
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Legionellales
Family: Legionellaceae
Genus: Legionella
Species:
L. maceachernii
Binomial name
Legionella maceachernii
Brenner et al. 1985 [1]
Type strain
ATCC 35300, CCUG 31116, CDC PX-1-G2-E2, CIP 103846, DSM 16642, GIFU 10745, Gorman PX-1-G2-E2, JCM 7566, NCTC 11982, PX-1-G2-E2 [2]
Synonyms [3]

Tatlockia maceachernii

Legionella maceachernii is a Gram-negative bacterium from the genus Legionella which was isolated from a potable water cistern. [4] [5] L. maceachernii can cause pneumonia. [6]

References

  1. LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de
  2. "Straininfo of Legionella maceachernii". Archived from the original on 2013-10-01. Retrieved 2013-11-04.
  3. Taxonomie Browser
  4. Journal of Clinical Microbiology
  5. UniProt
  6. Thomas, E; Gupta, NK; van der Westhuizen, NG; Chan, E; Bernard, K (1992). "Fatal Legionella maceachernii pneumonia in Canada". J Clin Microbiol. 30 (6): 1578–9. doi:10.1128/JCM.30.6.1578-1579.1992. PMC   265333 . PMID   1624578.