Legionella wadsworthii
Appearance
Legionella wadsworthii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
Order: | Legionellales |
Family: | Legionellaceae |
Genus: | Legionella |
Species: | L. wadsworthii
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Binomial name | |
Legionella wadsworthii Edelstein et al. 1983[1]
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Type strain | |
ATCC 33877, CCUG 16415, CCUG 58308, CIP 103886, NCTC 11532, Wadsworth 81-716A[2] |
Legionella wadsworthii is a bacterium from the genus Legionella isolated from sputum from a patient in Los Angeles.[3][4] It can cause pneumonia in humans.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de
- ^ Straininfo of Legionella wadsworthii
- ^ ATCC
- ^ UniPot
- ^ Edelstein, PH; Brenner, DJ; Moss, CW; Steigerwalt, AG; Francis, EM; George, WL (1982). "Legionella wadsworthii species nova: a cause of human pneumonia". Ann Intern Med. 97 (6): 809–13. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-97-6-809. PMID 6756238.
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