Legionella Quinlivanii Sp. Nov. Isolated From Water

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Article

Publication Date

3-1-1989

Description

Six Legionella-like organisms were isolated from the evaporative air conditioning system of a bus in South Australia. All six isolates were presumptively identified as legionellae by their growth requirement for l-cysteine and their cellular branched-chain fatty acids. They were serologically distinct from other legionellae in the slide agglutination test. DNA hybridization studies showed that the six isolates belong to a new species of Legionella, Legionella quinlivanii (ATCC 43830).

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