Legionella micdadei explained

Legionella micdadei is a Gram-negative bacterium from the genus Legionella, which stains acid-fast. It stains weakly, but loses this trait upon being grown in culture. Tatlockia micdadei is an alternative term for L. micdadei, the Pittsburgh pneumonia agent and TATLOCK strain.^[1] It is named after Joseph E. McDade, who first isolated L. pneumophila.^[2]

Notes and References

1. McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
2. Hébert . G. Ann . Steigerwalt . Arnold G. . Brenner . Don J. . 1980-09-01 . Legionella micdadei species nova: Classification of a third species of Legionella associated with human pneumonia . Current Microbiology . en . 3 . 5 . 255–257 . 10.1007/BF02601800 . 0343-8651.