Legionella gormanii (DSM 25296, LS-13 (ALLO3))

Name: Legionella gormanii (DSM 25296, LS-13 (ALLO3))
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BacDive ID 6709

Status isotype of 6708

Type strain

Strain Designation LS-13 (ALLO3)

Culture col. no. DSM 25296 LS-13 (ALLO3)

NCBI tax ID(s) 464

Special Collections DSMZ

History DSMZ <- H. E. Müller; ATCC 33342 <- ATCC <- A. Brown <- A. W. Pasculle <- CDC; LS-13 (ALLO3)

Legionella gormanii LS-13 is a microaerophile bacterium that was isolated from soil.

microaerophile Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

Culture Collection Numbers

DSM 25296 LS-13 (ALLO3)

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:26:28

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)
158045	L. gormanii R55, DSM 109130

Morphology

Colony morphology

17988

Incubation period1-2 days

Culture and growth conditions

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

17988

Oxygen tolerancemicroaerophile

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
17988	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
17988	cytochrome-c oxidase	-	1.9.3.1

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Soil

Isolation

17988

Sample typesoil

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
17988	2	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Genetics	Genotypic and phenotypic profiling of 127 Legionella pneumophila strains: Insights into regional spread.	Colautti A, Civilini M, Bortolomeazzi R, Franchi M, Felice A, De Martin S, Iacumin L.	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0307646	2024

References

#17988	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 25296
#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 )

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Legionella gormanii (DSM 25296, LS-13 (ALLO3))

Name and taxonomic classification

Culture Collection Numbers

Morphology

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Enzymes

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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