Legionella pneumophila Lorraine is a facultative anaerobe, Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium of the family Legionellaceae.
Gram-negative rod-shaped facultative anaerobe Bacteria| @ref 20215 |
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| Domain Bacteria |
| Phylum Pseudomonadota |
| Class Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order Legionellales |
| Family Legionellaceae |
| Genus Legionella |
| Species Legionella pneumophila |
| Full scientific name Legionella pneumophila Brenner et al. 1979 (Approved Lists 1980) |
| @ref | Name | Growth | Composition | Medium link | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38296 | MEDIUM 23 - for Afipia and Legionella | Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Legionella agar (37.000 g);Legionella - enrichment mixture (10.000 ml) | |||
| 38296 | CIP Medium 23 | Medium recipe at CIP |
| @ref | Growth | Type | Temperature (°C) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38296 | positive | growth | 37 |
| 38296 | Oxygen tolerancefacultative anaerobe |
| @ref | Value | Activity | Ec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68382 | acid phosphatase | + | 3.1.3.2 | from API zym |
| 38296 | alcohol dehydrogenase | - | 1.1.1.1 | |
| 68382 | alkaline phosphatase | + | 3.1.3.1 | from API zym |
| 68382 | alpha-chymotrypsin | - | 3.4.21.1 | from API zym |
| 68382 | alpha-fucosidase | - | 3.2.1.51 | from API zym |
| 68382 | alpha-galactosidase | - | 3.2.1.22 | from API zym |
| 68382 | alpha-glucosidase | - | 3.2.1.20 | from API zym |
| 68382 | alpha-mannosidase | - | 3.2.1.24 | from API zym |
| 68382 | beta-galactosidase | - | 3.2.1.23 | from API zym |
| 68382 | beta-glucosidase | - | 3.2.1.21 | from API zym |
| 68382 | beta-glucuronidase | - | 3.2.1.31 | from API zym |
| 38296 | catalase | + | 1.11.1.6 | |
| 68382 | cystine arylamidase | - | 3.4.11.3 | from API zym |
| 68382 | esterase (C 4) | + | from API zym | |
| 68382 | esterase lipase (C 8) | + | from API zym | |
| 68382 | leucine arylamidase | + | 3.4.11.1 | from API zym |
| 68382 | lipase (C 14) | - | from API zym | |
| 38296 | lysine decarboxylase | - | 4.1.1.18 | |
| 68382 | N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase | - | 3.2.1.52 | from API zym |
| 68382 | naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase | + | from API zym | |
| 38296 | ornithine decarboxylase | - | 4.1.1.17 | |
| 38296 | oxidase | + | ||
| 68382 | trypsin | - | 3.4.21.4 | from API zym |
| 38296 | urease | - | 3.5.1.5 | |
| 68382 | valine arylamidase | + | from API zym |
| @ref | Biosafety level | Biosafety level comment | |
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| 38296 | 2 | Risk group (French classification) |
| Topic | Title | Authors | Journal | DOI | Year | |
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| TNF-alpha response in macrophages depends on clinical Legionella pneumophila isolates genotypes. | Guillemot J, Ginevra C, Allam C, Kay E, Gilbert C, Doublet P, Jarraud S, Chapalain A. | Virulence | 10.1080/21505594.2021.2022861 | 2022 | ||
| Pathogenicity | Bacterial Long-Range Warfare: Aerial Killing of Legionella pneumophila by Pseudomonas fluorescens. | Corre MH, Mercier A, Bouteiller M, Khalil A, Ginevra C, Depayras S, Dupont C, Rouxel M, Gallique M, Grac L, Jarraud S, Giron D, Merieau A, Berjeaud JM, Verdon J. | Microbiol Spectr | 10.1128/spectrum.00404-21 | 2021 | |
| Pathogenicity | KKL-35 Exhibits Potent Antibiotic Activity against Legionella Species Independently of trans-Translation Inhibition. | Brunel R, Descours G, Durieux I, Doublet P, Jarraud S, Charpentier X. | Antimicrob Agents Chemother | 10.1128/aac.01459-17 | 2018 |
| #20215 | Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M.: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. IJSEM ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 ) |
| #38296 | Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 108729 |
| #68382 | Automatically annotated from API zym . |
| #126262 | A. Lissin, I. Schober, J. F. Witte, H. Lüken, A. Podstawka, J. Koblitz, B. Bunk, P. Dawyndt, P. Vandamme, P. de Vos, J. Overmann, L. C. Reimer: StrainInfo—the central database for linked microbial strain identifiers. ( DOI 10.1093/database/baaf059 ) |
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