Legionella feeleii
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Species: | L. feeleii
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Legionella feeleii Herwaldt et al. 1984[1]
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ATCC 35072, CCUG 16417, CIP 103877, DSM 17645, Goorman WO-44C, NCTC 12022, WO-44C[2] |
Legionella feeleii is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium from the genus Legionella which was isolated from an automobile plant and which was held responsible for causing Pontiac fever in 317 workers.[3][4] The organism did not grow on blood agar, required L-cysteine, and showed significant quantities of branched-chain fatty acids. More recently,[5] an unusual, extrapulmonary case was described in a 66-year-old lady admitted to Hopital Nord, Marseille, France because of a complicated cellulitis and an abscess on her right leg following a suspected insect or spider bite.
References
- ^ LPSN bacterio.net
- ^ Straininfo of Legionella feeleii
- ^ A new Legionella species, Legionella feeleii species nova, causes Pontiac fever in an automobile plant PubMed
- ^ Uniprot
- ^ S Loridant et al. Identification of Legionella feeleii cellulitis, Emerg Infect Dis 17, 145, 2011
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