Name: Legionella pneumophila subsp. pneumophila R68
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 6724

Type strain:

Species: Legionella pneumophila subsp. pneumophila

Strain Designation: R68, 82A3105

Culture col. no.: DSM 25225

Strain history: <- H. E. Müller; 82A3105 <- ATCC <- D. Lindquist <- S. Paula

NCBI tax ID(s): 91891 (subspecies)

SI-ID 400688

DSM 25225

Other strains from Legionella pneumophila subsp. pneumophila

Section

Legionella pneumophila subsp. pneumophila R68 is a microaerophile, mesophilic bacterium that was isolated from lung aspirate.

mesophilic
microaerophile
Bacteria

Information on the name and the taxonomic classification. Name and taxonomic classification

	Last LPSN update	14-12-2023 (DD-MM-YYYY)
	Domain	"Bacteria"
	Phylum	*Pseudomonadota*
	Class	*Gammaproteobacteria*
	Order	*Legionellales*
	Family	*Legionellaceae*
	Genus	*Legionella*
	Species	**Legionella pneumophila subsp. pneumophila**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Legionella pneumophila subsp. pneumophila (Brenner et al. 1979) Brenner et al. 1989

Information on morphological and physiological properties Morphology

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Incubation period

1-2 days

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

BCYE-AGAR (DSMZ Medium 585)

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe at MediaDive

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Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

	Temperatures	Kind of temperature		Temperature
[Ref.: #17946]			growth	37 °C

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Temperature range

mesophilic

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

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Oxygen tolerance

microaerophile

	Enzymes	Enzyme	Enzyme activity	EC number
[Ref.: #17946]		catalase	+	1.11.1.6
[Ref.: #17946]		cytochrome-c oxidase	-	1.9.3.1

Information on isolation source, the sampling and environmental conditions Isolation, sampling and environmental information

[Ref.: #17946]	Sample type/isolated from	lung aspirate
[Ref.: #17946]	Geographic location (country and/or sea, region)	California
[Ref.: #17946]	Country	USA
[Ref.: #17946]	Country ISO 3 Code	USA
[Ref.: #17946]	Continent	North America
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Isolation sources categories

#Host Body-Site	#Oral cavity and airways	#Lung
#Host Body Product	#Fluids	#Aspirate

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Information on possible application of the strain and its possible interaction with e.g. potential hosts Safety information

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Biosafety level

Risk group (German classification)
According to TRBA 466

Availability in culture collections External links

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Culture collection no.

DSM 25225

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SI-ID 400688

References

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Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 25225

#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 )

#76194

Reimer, L.C., Lissin, A.,Schober, I., Witte,J.F., Podstawka, A., Lüken, H., Bunk, B.,Overmann, J.: StrainInfo: A central database for resolving microbial strain identifiers . ( DOI 10.60712/SI-ID400688.1 )

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