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Legionella pneumophila

Legionella pneumophila

Catalogue No.

NCTC 11192

Current Name

Legionella pneumophila

Type Strain

Type Strain

Original Strain Reference

Philadelphia 1

Culture Conditions

Growth Conditions on Solid Media

Buffered Charcoal Yeast Extract agar (BCYE), 48 hours, 37°C, CO₂ required

Biological and Genomic Info

Serogroup/Serotype

Serogroup 1

Gram Stain Result

Negative

Reduction

Nitric acid: -

Enzyme Tests

Catalase: -

+

Cytochrome C oxidase: weak

Strain Data

(ATCC 33152) Type strain / R. E. Weaver, CDC Atlanta in 1977 / Serogroup 1

Colony Appearance

Smooth, Uniform, Butyrous, Shiny, Opaque

Additional Info

Accession Date

01/01/1977

Depositor

WEAVER R E

Isolated From

human, lung

History

WEAVER R E, CDC ATLANTA, GEORGIA-ISOLATED BY MCDADE J E

Previous Catalogue Name

Legionella pneumophila

Applications

Extended Bibliography

SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors), (1980), Approved Lists of Bacterial Names., Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 225-420, http://ijs.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225 1 BRENNER (D.J.), STEIGERWALT (A.G.) and McDADE (J.E.), (1979), Classification of the Legionnaires' disease bacterium: Legionella pneumophila, genus novum, species nova of the family Legionellaceae, familia nova. Annals of Internal Medicine, 1979, 90, 656-658. 2 Validation of the publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. List no. 3. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 1979, 29, 436., 656-658, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/434652 Validation of the Publication of New Names and New Combinations Previously Effectively Published Outside the IJSB, http://ijs.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-29-4-436

Available Formats

  • Ampoule (Bacteria)

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