Legionella shakespearei explained

Legionella shakespearei is a Gram-negative, weakly oxidase-positive, catalase-positive bacterium with a single polar flagellum from the genus Legionella which was isolated from a cooling tower in Stratford-upon-Avon in England.^{[1] [2] [3]} L. shakespearei is named after William Shakespeare because it was isolated in Stratford-upon-Avon.^[4]

See also

• List of organisms named after famous people (born before 1800)

External links

• Type strain of Legionella shakespearei at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Notes and References

1. 1503972 . 10.1099/00207713-42-3-404 . 42 . Legionella shakespearei sp. nov., isolated from cooling tower water . 1992 . Int J Syst Bacteriol . 404–7 . Verma . UK . Brenner . DJ . Thacker . WL . Benson . RF . Vesey . G . Kurtz . JB . Dennis . PJ . Steigerwalt . AG . Robinson . JS . Moss . CW. 3 . free .
2. https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/45075 UniProt
3. [International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology]
4. http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/content/42/3/404.full.pdf International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology