Legionella nagasakiensis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
Order: | Legionellales |
Family: | Legionellaceae |
Genus: | Legionella |
Species: | 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.