Legionella oakridgensis
| Legionella oakridgensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Legionellales |
| Family: | Legionellaceae |
| Genus: | Legionella |
| Species: | L. oakridgensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Legionella oakridgensis Orrison et al. 1983
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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]
| NCBI genome ID | 24057 |
|---|---|
| Ploidy | haploid |
| Genome size | 2.77 Mb |
| Number of chromosomes | 1 |
| Year of completion | 2013 |
References[edit]
- ^ Orrison LH, Cherry WB, Tyndall RL, et al. (February 1983). "Legionella oakridgensis: unusual new species isolated from cooling tower water". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 45 (2): 536–45. doi:10.1128/AEM.45.2.536-545.1983. PMC 242320. PMID 6830217.
- ^ Tang PW, Toma S, MacMillan LG (March 1985). "Legionella oakridgensis: laboratory diagnosis of a human infection". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 21 (3): 462–3. doi:10.1128/JCM.21.3.462-463.1985. PMC 271689. PMID 3980699.
- ^ 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.
Further reading[edit]
- Takekawa, Yuta; Saito, Mitsumasa; Wang, Changle; Qin, Tian; Ogawa, Midori; Kanemaru, Takaaki; Yoshida, Shin-ichi (2012). "Characteristic morphology of intracellular microcolonies ofLegionella oakridgensisOR-10". Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 58 (2): 179–183. doi:10.1139/w11-126. ISSN 0008-4166. PMID 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 (December 2013). "Legionella oakridgensis ATCC 33761 genome sequence and phenotypic characterization reveals its replication capacity in amoebae". International Journal of Medical Microbiology. 303 (8): 514–528. doi:10.1016/j.ijmm.2013.07.003. ISSN 1438-4221. PMID 23932911.
External links[edit]
- "Legionella oakridgensis" at the Encyclopedia of Life
- Type strain of Legionella oakridgensis at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
