Legionella bozemanae is a Gram-negative bacterium in the family Legionellaceae. Its type strain is WIGA (=ATCC 33217). It is associated with human pneumonia.[1]
| Legionella bozemanae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Legionellales |
| Family: | Legionellaceae |
| Genus: | Legionella |
| Species: | L. bozemanae
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| Binomial name | |
| Legionella bozemanae corrig. Brenner et al. 1980
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| Synonyms | |
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Fluoribacter bozemanae (Garrity et al. 1980) | |
References
edit- ^ Brenner, Don J.; Steigerwalt, Arnold G.; Gorman, G. W.; Weaver, Robert E.; Feeley, James C.; Cordes, L. G.; Wilkinson, Hazel W.; Patton, Charlotte; Thomason, Berenice M.; Sasseville, Karen R. Lewallen (1980). "Legionella bozemanii sp. nov. andLegionella dumoffii sp. nov.: Classification of two additional species ofLegionella associated with human pneumonia". Current Microbiology. 4 (2): 111–116. doi:10.1007/BF02602903. ISSN 0343-8651.
Further reading
edit- Miller ML, Hayden R, Gaur A (August 2007). "Legionella bozemanii pulmonary abscess in a pediatric allogeneic stem cell transplant recipient". The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 26 (8): 760–2. doi:10.1097/INF.0b013e318054e338. PMID 17848897.
- Muder RR, Yu VL (October 2002). "Infection due to Legionella species other than L. pneumophila". Clinical Infectious Diseases. 35 (8): 990–8. doi:10.1086/342884. PMID 12355387.
- Palusinska-Szysz, Marta; Janczarek, Monika; Kalitynski, Rafal; Dawidowicz, Andrzej L.; Russa, Ryszard (February 2011). "Legionella bozemanae synthesizes phosphatidylcholine from exogenous choline". Microbiological Research. 166 (2): 87–98. doi:10.1016/j.micres.2010.02.004. PMID 20338739.
- Tang PW, Toma S, Moss CW, Steigerwalt AG, Cooligan TG, Brenner DJ (January 1984). "Legionella bozemanii serogroup 2: a new etiological agent". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 19 (1): 30–3. PMC 270972. PMID 6690465.
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