Legionella bozemanae explained

Legionella bozemanae is a Gram-negative bacterium in the family Legionellaceae. Its type strain is WIGA (=ATCC 33217). It is associated with human pneumonia.^[1]

Further reading

• Miller ML, Hayden R, Gaur A . Legionella bozemanii pulmonary abscess in a pediatric allogeneic stem cell transplant recipient . . 26 . 8 . 760–2 . August 2007 . 17848897 . 10.1097/INF.0b013e318054e338 . free .
• Muder RR, Yu VL . Infection due to Legionella species other than L. pneumophila . . 35 . 8 . 990–8 . October 2002 . 12355387 . 10.1086/342884 . free .
• Palusinska-Szysz. Marta. Janczarek. Monika. Kalitynski. Rafal. Dawidowicz. Andrzej L.. Russa. Ryszard. Legionella bozemanae synthesizes phosphatidylcholine from exogenous choline. Microbiological Research. February 2011. 166. 2. 87–98. 10.1016/j.micres.2010.02.004. 20338739. free.
• Tang PW, Toma S, Moss CW, Steigerwalt AG, Cooligan TG, Brenner DJ . Legionella bozemanii serogroup 2: a new etiological agent . . 19 . 1 . 30–3 . January 1984 . 6690465 . 270972 .

External links

• • LPSN

Notes and References

1. Brenner. Don J.. Steigerwalt. Arnold G.. Gorman. G. W.. Weaver. Robert E.. Feeley. James C.. Cordes. L. G.. Wilkinson. Hazel W.. Patton. Charlotte. Thomason. Berenice M.. Sasseville. Karen R. Lewallen. Legionella bozemanii sp. nov. andLegionella dumoffii sp. nov.: Classification of two additional species ofLegionella associated with human pneumonia. Current Microbiology. 4. 2. 1980. 111–116. 0343-8651. 10.1007/BF02602903.