Legionella nagasakiensis

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.

Legionella nagasakiensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Proteobacteria
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]

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: 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: 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
  7. ATCC


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.