Legionella nagasakiensis

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Legionella nagasakiensis
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L. nagasakiensis
Binomial name
Legionella nagasakiensis
Yang et al. 2012 [1]
Type strain
ATCC BAA-1557, CDC-1796-JAP-E, JCM 15315 [2]

Legionella nagasakiensis is a Gram-negative bacterium from the genus Legionella which was isolated from a sample of hot spring water in Aomori in Japan and from human lung tissue. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] It is catalase-positive and rod-shaped, with a single polar flagellum.

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References

  1. LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de
  2. Straininfo of Legionella nagasakiensis
  3. Yang, G; Benson, RF; Ratcliff, RM; Brown, EW; Steigerwalt, AG; Thacker, WL; Daneshvar, MI; Morey, RE; Saito, A; Fields, BS (2012). "Legionella nagasakiensis sp. nov., isolated from water samples and from a patient with pneumonia". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 62 (2): 284–8. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.027193-0 . PMID   21398499.
  4. UniProt
  5. Furuhata, K; Edagawa, A; Miyamoto, H; Goto, K; Yoshida, S; Fukuyama, M (2011). "The first case of Legionella nagasakiensis isolation from hot spring water". Biocontrol Sci. 16 (4): 171–6. doi: 10.4265/bio.16.171 . PMID   22190440.
  6. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Legionella nagasakiensis sp. nov., isolated from water samples and from a patient with pneumonia Genyan Yang, Robert F. Benson, Rodney M. Ratcliff, Ellen W. Brown, Arnold G. Steigerwalt, W. Lanier Thacker, Maryam I. Daneshvar, Roger E. Morey, Atsushi Saito and Barry S. Fields
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