Legionella oakridgensis

Legionella oakridgensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Legionellales
Family: Legionellaceae
Genus: Legionella
Species: L. oakridgensis
Binomial name
Legionella oakridgensis
Orrison et al. 1983

Legionella oakridgensis is a Gram-negative bacterium from the genus Legionella which was isolated from industrial cooling tower waters.[1] It is pathogenic.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Orrison LH, Cherry WB, Tyndall RL, et al. (February 1983). "Legionella oakridgensis: unusual new species isolated from cooling tower water". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 45 (2): 536–45. PMC 242320. PMID 6830217. Retrieved 2013-07-17.
  2. ↑ Tang PW, Toma S, MacMillan LG (March 1985). "Legionella oakridgensis: laboratory diagnosis of a human infection". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 21 (3): 462–3. PMC 271689. PMID 3980699. Retrieved 2013-07-17.
  3. ↑ Presti, François Lo, et al. "Isolation of Legionella oakridgensis from Two Patients with Pleural Effusion Living in the Same Geographical Area." Journal of Clinical Microbiology 38.8 (2000): 3128-3130.

Further reading

  • Takekawa, Yuta; Saito, Mitsumasa; Wang, Changle; Qin, Tian; Ogawa, Midori; Kanemaru, Takaaki; Yoshida, Shin-ichi (2012). "Characteristic morphology of intracellular microcolonies ofLegionella oakridgensisOR-10". Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 58 (2): 179–183. doi:10.1139/w11-126. ISSN 0008-4166.
  • Brzuszkiewicz, Elzbieta; Schulz, Tino; Rydzewski, Kerstin; Daniel, Rolf; Gillmainer, Nadine; Dittmann, Christine; Holland, Gudrun; Schunder, Eva; Lautner, Monika; Eisenreich, Wolfgang; Lueck, Christian; Heuner, Klaus (December 2013). "Legionella oakridgensis ATCC 33761 genome sequence and phenotypic characterization reveals its replication capacity in amoebae". International Journal of Medical Microbiology. 303 (8): 514–528. doi:10.1016/j.ijmm.2013.07.003. ISSN 1438-4221. PMID 23932911.


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