Legionella gormanii (DSM 109130, R55)

Name: Legionella gormanii (DSM 109130, R55)
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BacDive ID 158045

Type strain

Strain Designation R55

Culture col. no. DSM 109130 R55

NCBI tax ID(s) 464

Special Collections DSMZ

History <- H. E. Müller, Medizinal-Untersuchungsamt, Braunschweig;

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Legionella gormanii R55 is a bacterium of the family Legionellaceae.

Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 401365

DSM 109130

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:38:13

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Gammaproteobacteria

Order Legionellales

Family Legionellaceae

Genus Legionella

Species Legionella gormanii

Full scientific name Legionella gormanii Morris et al. 1980

Synonyms (1)

Fluoribacter gormanii

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Legionella gormanii** (2)	Type strain
6708	L. gormanii LS-13, DSM 16641, ATCC 33297, CCUG 12267, ... (type strain)
6709	L. gormanii LS-13 (ALLO3), DSM 25296

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
64619	BCYE-AGAR (DSMZ Medium 585)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: BCYE AGAR (DSMZ Medium 585) Composition: OXOID Legionella CYE-Agar base

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
64619	positive	growth	37

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

@ref	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
64619	Germany	DEU	Europe

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
64619	2	Risk group (German classification)

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#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 )
#64619	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 109130
#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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