Legionella pneumophila subsp. pneumophila R31 is a microaerophile bacterium that was isolated from human lung.
microaerophile genome sequence Bacteria| @ref 20215 |
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| Domain Bacteria |
| Phylum Pseudomonadota |
| Class Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order Legionellales |
| Family Legionellaceae |
| Genus Legionella |
| Species Legionella pneumophila subsp. pneumophila |
| Full scientific name Legionella pneumophila subsp. pneumophila (Brenner et al. 1979) Brenner et al. 1989 |
| @ref | Name | Growth | Medium link | Composition | |
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| 17834 | BCYE-AGAR (DSMZ Medium 585) | Medium recipe at MediaDive  | Name: BCYE AGAR (DSMZ Medium 585) Composition: OXOID Legionella CYE-Agar base |
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| 17834 | positive | growth | 37 |
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| @ref | Description | Assembly level | INSDC accession | BV-BRC accession | IMG accession | NCBI tax ID | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66792 | Legionella pneumophila strain FDAARGOS_1483 | complete | 446.986  | 446 | 99.34 |  | ||
| 66792 | Legionella pneumophila strain FDAARGOS_1483 | complete | 446.993 | 446 | 99.34 | | ||
| 66792 | Legionella pneumophila strain FDAARGOS_1483 | complete | 446.990 | 446 | 99.34 | | ||
| 66792 | ASM1993076v1 assembly for Legionella pneumophila FDAARGOS_1483 | complete | GCA_019930765  | 446.1003 | 446 | 99.07 | | |
| 66792 | 48290_H02 assembly for Legionella pneumophila NCTC11286 | complete | GCA_900186855 | 446.650 | 2859600599  | 446 | 99.05 | |
| 66792 | ASM158213v1 assembly for Legionella pneumophila ATCC 33153 | scaffold | GCA_001582135 | 446.144 | 446 | 69.89 | |
| Topic | Title | Authors | Journal | DOI | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment of macrolide susceptibility of Legionella pneumophila isolated from public buildings' water systems in Turkiye. | Aktas A, Cakirlar FK. | North Clin Istanb | 10.14744/nci.2023.70104 | 2024 | | |
| A novel hybridization capture method for direct whole genome sequencing of clinical specimens to inform Legionnaires' disease investigations. | Weeber P, Singh N, Lapierre P, Mingle L, Wroblewski D, Nazarian EJ, Haas W, Weiss D, Musser KA. | J Clin Microbiol | 10.1128/jcm.01305-23 | 2024 | | |
| Enzymology | Multiplex polymerase chain reaction of genetic markers for detection of potentially pathogenic environmental Legionella pneumophila isolates. | Valavane A, Chaudhry R, Malhotra P. | Indian J Med Res | 10.4103/ijmr.ijmr_623_16 | 2017 | |
| Development of a Multiplex-PCR Serotyping Assay for Characterizing Legionella pneumophila Serogroups Based on the Diversity of Lipopolysaccharide Biosynthetic Loci. | Nakaue R, Qin T, Morita M, Ren H, Chang B, Murai M, Amemura-Maekawa J, Ohnishi M. | J Clin Microbiol | 10.1128/jcm.00157-21 | 2021 | | |
| Enzymology | Legionella pneumophila Serogroup 1 in the Water Facilities of a Tertiary Healthcare Center, India. | Chaudhry R, Sreenath K, Arvind V, Vinayaraj EV, Tanu S. | Emerg Infect Dis | 10.3201/eid2311.171071 | 2017 | |
| Enzymology | Detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Legionella pneumophila in Patients Having Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Multicentric Study from New Delhi, India. | Chaudhry R, Valavane A, Sreenath K, Choudhary M, Sagar T, Shende T, Varma-Basil M, Mohanty S, Kabra SK, Dey AB, Thakur B. | Am J Trop Med Hyg | 10.4269/ajtmh.17-0249 | 2017 | |
| Pathogenicity | Photocatalytic biocidal effect of copper doped TiO2 nanotube coated surfaces under laminar flow, illuminated with UVA light on Legionella pneumophila. | Oder M, Koklic T, Umek P, Podlipec R, Strancar J, Dobeic M. | PLoS One | 10.1371/journal.pone.0227574 | 2020 | |
| The impact of material surface roughness and temperature on the adhesion of Legionella pneumophila to contact surfaces. | Oder M, Kompare B, Bohinc K, Torkar KG. | Int J Environ Health Res | 10.1080/09603123.2014.963035 | 2015 | | |
| Transcriptome | Sequence based typing of Legionella pneumophila sg 1 isolated in nosocomial acquired infections in Apulia, Southern Italy. | Iatta R, Cuna T, De Giglio O, Montagna MT, Napoli C. | J Prev Med Hyg | 2013 | | |
| Ciliate Paramecium is a natural reservoir of Legionella pneumophila. | Watanabe K, Nakao R, Fujishima M, Tachibana M, Shimizu T, Watarai M. | Sci Rep | 10.1038/srep24322 | 2016 | | |
| Disinfection of Legionella pneumophila by photocatalytic oxidation. | Cheng YW, Chan RC, Wong PK. | Water Res | 10.1016/j.watres.2006.11.033 | 2007 | | |
| Pathogenicity | Cellular accumulation and pharmacodynamic evaluation of the intracellular activity of CEM-101, a novel fluoroketolide, against Staphylococcus aureus, Listeria monocytogenes, and Legionella pneumophila in human THP-1 macrophages. | Lemaire S, Van Bambeke F, Tulkens PM. | Antimicrob Agents Chemother | 10.1128/aac.00203-09 | 2009 | |
| Pathogenicity | Antimicrobial activity of solithromycin against clinical isolates of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1. | Mallegol J, Fernandes P, Melano RG, Guyard C. | Antimicrob Agents Chemother | 10.1128/aac.01639-13 | 2014 | |
| Phylogeny | Molecular typing of a Legionella pneumophila outbreak in Ontario, Canada. | Gilmour MW, Bernard K, Tracz DM, Olson AB, Corbett CR, Burdz T, Ng B, Wiebe D, Broukhanski G, Boleszczuk P, Tang P, Jamieson F, Van Domselaar G, Plummer FA, Berry JD. | J Med Microbiol | 10.1099/jmm.0.46738-0 | 2007 | |
| Pathogenicity | Aminomethyl spectinomycins as therapeutics for drug-resistant respiratory tract and sexually transmitted bacterial infections. | Bruhn DF, Waidyarachchi SL, Madhura DB, Shcherbakov D, Zheng Z, Liu J, Abdelrahman YM, Singh AP, Duscha S, Rathi C, Lee RB, Belland RJ, Meibohm B, Rosch JW, Bottger EC, Lee RE. | Sci Transl Med | 10.1126/scitranslmed.3010572 | 2015 | |
| Morphological and ultrastructural changes in bacterial cells as an indicator of antibacterial mechanism of action. | Cushnie TP, O'Driscoll NH, Lamb AJ. | Cell Mol Life Sci | 10.1007/s00018-016-2302-2 | 2016 | | |
| Differential Identification of Mycobacterial Species Using High-Resolution Melting Analysis. | Khosravi AD, Hashemzadeh M, Hashemi Shahraki A, Teimoori A. | Front Microbiol | 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02045 | 2017 | | |
| Phylogeny | Legionella confirmation using real-time PCR and SYTO9 is an alternative to current methodology. | Giglio S, Monis PT, Saint CP. | Appl Environ Microbiol | 10.1128/aem.71.12.8944-8948.2005 | 2005 | |
| Phylogeny | Two-step scheme for rapid identification and differentiation of Legionella pneumophila and non-Legionella pneumophila species. | Zhan XY, Li LQ, Hu CH, Zhu QY. | J Clin Microbiol | 10.1128/jcm.01778-09 | 2010 | |
| Phylogeny | Population genetic structure of Legionella pneumophila inferred from RNA polymerase gene (rpoB) and DotA gene (dotA) sequences. | Ko KS, Lee HK, Park MY, Park MS, Lee KH, Woo SY, Yun YJ, Kook YH. | J Bacteriol | 10.1128/jb.184.8.2123-2130.2002 | 2002 | |
| Pathogenicity | Cellular pharmacodynamics of the novel biaryloxazolidinone radezolid: studies with infected phagocytic and nonphagocytic cells, using Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Listeria monocytogenes, and Legionella pneumophila. | Lemaire S, Kosowska-Shick K, Appelbaum PC, Verween G, Tulkens PM, Van Bambeke F. | Antimicrob Agents Chemother | 10.1128/aac.01724-09 | 2010 | |
| Development of a Diagnostic Kit to Detect Cryptosporidium parvum and Giardia lamblia. | Cheun HI, Chung BS, Ma DW, Goo BL, Cho SH, Ji MJ, Lee WJ. | Osong Public Health Res Perspect | 10.1016/j.phrp.2013.04.006 | 2013 | | |
| Metabolism | Targeting species-specific low-affinity 16S rRNA binding sites by using peptide nucleic acids for detection of Legionellae in biofilms. | Wilks SA, Keevil CW. | Appl Environ Microbiol | 10.1128/aem.02918-05 | 2006 | |
| Biomedical Waste Management by Using Nanophotocatalysts: The Need for New Options. | Hooshmand S, Kargozar S, Ghorbani A, Darroudi M, Keshavarz M, Baino F, Kim HW. | Materials (Basel) | 10.3390/ma13163511 | 2020 | | |
| Enzymology | Presence and persistence of Legionella spp. in groundwater. | Costa J, Tiago I, da Costa MS, Verissimo A. | Appl Environ Microbiol | 10.1128/aem.71.2.663-671.2005 | 2005 | |
| Molecular characterization of a virulence-associated epitope on the lipopolysaccharide of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1. | Helbig JH, Luck PC, Knirel YA, Witzleb W, Zahringer U. | Epidemiol Infect | 10.1017/s0950268800058131 | 1995 | | |
| Metabolism | Photocatalytic disinfection using titanium dioxide: spectrum and mechanism of antimicrobial activity. | Foster HA, Ditta IB, Varghese S, Steele A. | Appl Microbiol Biotechnol | 10.1007/s00253-011-3213-7 | 2011 | |
| Phylogeny | Restriction fragment length polymorphism of rRNA genes for molecular typing of members of the family Legionellaceae. | Bangsborg JM, Gerner-Smidt P, Colding H, Fiehn NE, Bruun B, Hoiby N. | J Clin Microbiol | 10.1128/jcm.33.2.402-406.1995 | 1995 | |
| Metabolism | Legionella dumoffii DjlA, a member of the DnaJ family, is required for intracellular growth. | Ohnishi H, Mizunoe Y, Takade A, Tanaka Y, Miyamoto H, Harada M, Yoshida S. | Infect Immun | 10.1128/iai.72.6.3592-3603.2004 | 2004 | |
| Genetic characterization of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 associated with respiratory disease in Australia. | Lanser J, Adams M, Doyle R, Hewitt P, Sangster N. | Appl Environ Microbiol | 10.1128/aem.58.2.706-708.1992 | 1992 | | |
| Enzymology | Application of RNA polymerase beta-subunit gene (rpoB) sequences for the molecular differentiation of Legionella species. | Ko KS, Lee HK, Park MY, Lee KH, Yun YJ, Woo SY, Miyamoto H, Kook YH. | J Clin Microbiol | 10.1128/jcm.40.7.2653-2658.2002 | 2002 | |
| Phylogeny | Molecular fingerprinting of Legionella species by repetitive element PCR. | Georghiou PR, Doggett AM, Kielhofner MA, Stout JE, Watson DA, Lupski JR, Hamill RJ. | J Clin Microbiol | 10.1128/jcm.32.12.2989-2994.1994 | 1994 | |
| Phylogeny | Characterization of members of the Legionellaceae family by automated ribotyping. | Cordevant C, Tang JS, Cleland D, Lange M. | J Clin Microbiol | 10.1128/jcm.41.1.34-43.2003 | 2003 | |
| Efficacy of NY-198 against experimental Legionnaires disease. | Kohno S, Yamaguchi K, Dohtsu Y, Koga H, Hayashi T, Hirota M, Saito A, Hara K. | Antimicrob Agents Chemother | 10.1128/aac.32.9.1427 | 1988 | | |
| Phase-variable expression of lipopolysaccharide contributes to the virulence of legionella pneumophila. | Luneberg E, Zahringer U, Knirel YA, Steinmann D, Hartmann M, Steinmetz I, Rohde M, Kohl J, Frosch M. | J Exp Med | 10.1084/jem.188.1.49 | 1998 | | |
| Phylogeny | Development of a standardized subgrouping scheme for Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 using monoclonal antibodies. | Joly JR, McKinney RM, Tobin JO, Bibb WF, Watkins ID, Ramsay D. | J Clin Microbiol | 10.1128/jcm.23.4.768-771.1986 | 1986 | |
| Comparison of ribotyping and restriction enzyme analysis using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis for distinguishing Legionella pneumophila isolates obtained during a nosocomial outbreak. | Schoonmaker D, Heimberger T, Birkhead G. | J Clin Microbiol | 10.1128/jcm.30.6.1491-1498.1992 | 1992 | | |
| Pathogenicity | Susceptibility of Legionella pneumophila to ofloxacin in vitro and in experimental Legionella pneumonia in guinea pigs. | Saito A, Sawatari K, Fukuda Y, Nagasawa M, Koga H, Tomonaga A, Nakazato H, Fujita K, Shigeno Y, Suzuyama Y. | Antimicrob Agents Chemother | 10.1128/aac.28.1.15 | 1985 | |
| Phylogeny | Dye-containing buffered charcoal-yeast extract medium for differentiation of members of the family Legionellaceae. | Vickers RM, Brown A, Garrity GM. | J Clin Microbiol | 10.1128/jcm.13.2.380-382.1981 | 1981 | |
| Genus-specific epitope on the 60-kilodalton Legionella heat shock protein recognized by a monoclonal antibody. | Steinmetz I, Rheinheimer C, Hubner I, Bitter-Suermann D. | J Clin Microbiol | 10.1128/jcm.29.2.346-354.1991 | 1991 | | |
| Cross-reactions between Legionella pneumophila (serogroup 1) and twenty-eight other bacterial species, including other members of the family Legionellaceae. | Collins MT, Espersen F, Hoiby N, Cho SN, Friis-Moller A, Reif JS. | Infect Immun | 10.1128/iai.39.3.1441-1456.1983 | 1983 | | |
| Phylogeny | Identification and DNA fingerprinting of Legionella strains by randomly amplified polymorphic DNA analysis. | Bansal NS, McDonell F. | J Clin Microbiol | 10.1128/jcm.35.9.2310-2314.1997 | 1997 | |
| Interactions between food-borne pathogens and protozoa isolated from lettuce and spinach. | Gourabathini P, Brandl MT, Redding KS, Gunderson JH, Berk SG. | Appl Environ Microbiol | 10.1128/aem.02709-07 | 2008 | | |
| Isolation and direct complete nucleotide determination of entire genes. Characterization of a gene coding for 16S ribosomal RNA. | Edwards U, Rogall T, Blocker H, Emde M, Bottger EC. | Nucleic Acids Res | 10.1093/nar/17.19.7843 | 1989 | | |
| Phylogeny | Serological and genotypic diversity among serogroup 5- reacting environmental Legionella isolates. | Garrity GM, Elder EM, Davis B, Vickers RM, Brown A. | J Clin Microbiol | 10.1128/jcm.15.4.646-653.1982 | 1982 | |
| Dihydroxy and monohydroxy fatty acids in Legionella pneumophila. | Mayberry WR. | J Bacteriol | 10.1128/jb.147.2.373-381.1981 | 1981 | | |
| Phylogeny | Usefulness of fatty acid composition for differentiation of Legionella species. | Diogo A, Verissimo A, Nobre MF, da Costa MS. | J Clin Microbiol | 10.1128/jcm.37.7.2248-2254.1999 | 1999 | |
| Phylogeny | Clinical laboratory differentiation of Legionellaceae family members with pigment production and fluorescence on media supplemented with aromatic substrates. | Vickers RM, Yu VL. | J Clin Microbiol | 10.1128/jcm.19.5.583-587.1984 | 1984 | |
| Enzymology | Use of PCR and reverse line blot hybridization macroarray based on 16S-23S rRNA gene internal transcribed spacer sequences for rapid identification of 34 mycobacterium species. | Xiong L, Kong F, Yang Y, Cheng J, Gilbert GL. | J Clin Microbiol | 10.1128/jcm.00633-06 | 2006 | |
| Detection of flagella in 278 Legionella strains by latex reagent sensitized with antiflagellum immunoglobulins. | Bornstein N, Marmet D, Dumaine MH, Surgot M, Fleurette J. | J Clin Microbiol | 10.1128/jcm.29.5.953-956.1991 | 1991 | | |
| Phylogeny | Sequence-based classification scheme for the genus Legionella targeting the mip gene. | Ratcliff RM, Lanser JA, Manning PA, Heuzenroeder MW. | J Clin Microbiol | 10.1128/jcm.36.6.1560-1567.1998 | 1998 | |
| Identification and differentiation of Legionella pneumophila and Legionella spp. with real-time PCR targeting the 16S rRNA gene and species identification by mip sequencing. | Stolhaug A, Bergh K. | Appl Environ Microbiol | 10.1128/aem.02839-05 | 2006 | | |
| Genetics | Comparison of Phenotypic and Whole-Genome Sequencing-Derived Antimicrobial Resistance Profiles of Legionella pneumophila Isolated in England and Wales from 2020 to 2023. | Tewolde R, Thombre R, Farley C, Nadarajah S, Khan I, Sewell M, Spiller OB, Afshar B. | Antibiotics (Basel) | 10.3390/antibiotics14101053 | 2025 | |
| Intergenic 16S rRNA gene (rDNA)-23S rDNA sequence length polymorphisms in members of the family Legionellaceae. | Hookey JV, Birtles RJ, Saunders NA. | J Clin Microbiol | 10.1128/jcm.33.9.2377-2381.1995 | 1995 | | |
| Phylogeny | Phenotypic variation amongst genotypically homogeneous Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 isolates: implications for the investigation of outbreaks of Legionnaires' disease. | Harrison TG, Saunders NA, Haththotuwa A, Hallas G, Birtles RJ, Taylor AG. | Epidemiol Infect | 10.1017/s0950268800059331 | 1990 | |
| Evaluation of urinary antigen ELISA for diagnosing Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 infection. | Birtles RJ, Harrison TG, Samuel D, Taylor AG. | J Clin Pathol | 10.1136/jcp.43.8.685 | 1990 | | |
| Compilation of small ribosomal subunit RNA structures. | Neefs JM, Van de Peer Y, De Rijk P, Chapelle S, De Wachter R. | Nucleic Acids Res | 10.1093/nar/21.13.3025 | 1993 | | |
| Antimicrobial Lipids from Plants and Marine Organisms: An Overview of the Current State-of-the-Art and Future Prospects. | Alves E, Dias M, Lopes D, Almeida A, Domingues MDR, Rey F. | Antibiotics (Basel) | 10.3390/antibiotics9080441 | 2020 | |
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