Legionella oakridgensis explained
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]
| Taxid: | 24057 |
| Ploidy: | haploid |
| Chromosomes: | 1 |
| Size: | 2.77 Mb |
| Year: | 2013 |
Further reading
- Takekawa. Yuta. Saito. Mitsumasa. Wang. Changle. Qin. Tian. Ogawa. Midori. Kanemaru. Takaaki. Yoshida. Shin-ichi. Characteristic morphology of intracellular microcolonies ofLegionella oakridgensisOR-10. Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 58. 2. 2012. 179–183. 0008-4166. 10.1139/w11-126. 22260271.
- Brzuszkiewicz. Elzbieta. Schulz. Tino. Rydzewski. Kerstin. Daniel. Rolf. Gillmainer. Nadine. Dittmann. Christine. Holland. Gudrun. Schunder. Eva. Lautner. Monika. Eisenreich. Wolfgang. Lueck. Christian. Heuner. Klaus. Legionella oakridgensis ATCC 33761 genome sequence and phenotypic characterization reveals its replication capacity in amoebae. International Journal of Medical Microbiology. December 2013. 303. 8. 514–528. 1438-4221. 10.1016/j.ijmm.2013.07.003. 23932911.
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Notes and References
- Orrison LH, Cherry WB, Tyndall RL, etal . Legionella oakridgensis: unusual new species isolated from cooling tower water . . 45 . 2 . 536–45 . February 1983 . 10.1128/AEM.45.2.536-545.1983 . 6830217 . 242320 .
- Tang PW, Toma S, MacMillan LG . Legionella oakridgensis: laboratory diagnosis of a human infection . . 21 . 3 . 462–3 . March 1985 . 10.1128/JCM.21.3.462-463.1985 . 3980699 . 271689 .
- 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.
