Legionella birminghamensis (DSM 19232, ATCC 43702, CIP 103871)

Name: Legionella birminghamensis (DSM 19232, ATCC 43702, CIP 103871)
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BacDive ID 6738

Type strain

Strain Designation 1407-AL-H

Culture col. no. DSM 19232 ATCC 43702 CIP 103871 CCUG 31233 A 1407-AL-H 4 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 28083

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG JCM KCTC CIP

History <- H. E. Müller <- ATCC <- H. W. Wilkinson; 1407-AL-H <- University of Alabama School of Medicine GIFU 11749 <-- ATCC 43702 <-- H. W. Wilkinson 1407-AL-H <-- Univ. Alabama Sch. Med.. CIP <- 1993, C. Tram, Inst. Pasteur, Paris, France <- ATCC <- H.W. Wilkinson: strain 1407-AL-H <- Univ. Alabama Sch. Med., USA

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Legionella birminghamensis 1407-AL-H is a bacterium that was isolated from human lung biopsy.

genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 41995

ATCC 43702,CCUG 31233 A,CIP 103871,JCM 7559,KCTC 12007,NCTC 12437,BCRC 17042,CCRC 17042,DSM 19232

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:19:18

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Gammaproteobacteria

Order Legionellales

Family Legionellaceae

Genus Legionella

Species Legionella birminghamensis

Full scientific name Legionella birminghamensis Wilkinson et al. 1988

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Confidence
125439	negative	99.8
125438	negative	98.494

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
7981	BCYE-AGAR (DSMZ Medium 585)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: BCYE AGAR (DSMZ Medium 585) Composition: OXOID Legionella CYE-Agar base
40841	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)
116821	CIP Medium 23	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
7981	positive	growth	37
40841	positive	growth	37
67770	positive	growth	37

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
125439	obligate aerobe	96.2

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125439		99.6
125438		91.935

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Infection	#Patient	#Biopsy
#Host	#Human	-
#Host Body-Site	#Oral cavity and airways	#Lung

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
7981	human lung biopsy	Alabama	USA	USA	North America
50488	Human lung biopsy	Alabama	USA	USA	North America
67770	Lung biopsy	AL	USA	USA	North America
116821	Lung biopsy	Alabama	United States of America	USA	North America

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence Z49717 (>99% sequence identity) for Legionella birminghamensis subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	68
Soil Samples	61
Animal Samples	11
Plant Samples	26
Total Samples	166

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
7981	2	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
116821	2	Risk group (French classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
67770	51184_B02 assembly for Legionella birminghamensis NCTC12437	contig	GCA_900452515	28083.7	8048557841	28083	76.59
124043	ASM146750v1 assembly for Legionella birminghamensis CDC#1407-AL-14	scaffold	GCA_001467505	28083.5	2660238016	28083	63.03
66792	Leg_birminghamensis_1407-AL-H.v1 assembly for Legionella birminghamensis 1407-AL-H	scaffold	GCA_900639775	28083.8	8110522444	28083	47.42

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	Legionella birminghamensis strain MDC1589 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	JF720359	524	28083
7981	L.birminghamiensis gene for ribosomal RNA, small subunit	Z49717	1467	28083
67770	Legionella birminghamensis JCM 7559 gene for 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence	LC504038	1466	28083

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
7981	42.9
67770	42.9	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Legionella birminghamensis 1407-AL-H
NCBI: GCA_900639775

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	99.60	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	58.30	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	99.80	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	96.20	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Legionella birminghamensis 1407-AL-H
NCBI: GCA_900639775.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	98.49	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	94.92	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	70.62	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	91.94	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	95.27	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	62.52	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
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
Enzymology	Development and evaluation of Chlamylege, a new commercial test allowing simultaneous detection and identification of Legionella, Chlamydophila pneumoniae, and Mycoplasma pneumoniae in clinical respiratory specimens by multiplex PCR.	Ginevra C, Barranger C, Ros A, Mory O, Stephan JL, Freymuth F, Joannes M, Pozzetto B, Grattard F.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.43.7.3247-3254.2005	2005
Pathogenicity	Susceptibility of Legionella strains to the chlorinated biocide, monochloramine.	Jakubek D, Guillaume C, Binet M, Leblon G, DuBow M, Le Brun M.	Microbes Environ	10.1264/jsme2.me12205	2013
Biotechnology	Detection of Salmonella spp. in oysters by PCR.	Bej AK, Mahbubani MH, Boyce MJ, Atlas RM.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.60.1.368-373.1994	1994
Phylogeny	Legionella birminghamensis sp. nov. isolated from a cardiac transplant recipient.	Wilkinson HW, Thacker WL, Benson RF, Polt SS, Brookings E, Mayberry WR, Brenner DJ, Gilley RG, Kirklin JK	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.25.11.2120-2122.1987	1987

References

#7981	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 19232
#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 )
#20218	Verslyppe, B., De Smet, W., De Baets, B., De Vos, P., Dawyndt P.: StrainInfo introduces electronic passports for microorganisms.. Syst Appl Microbiol. 37: 42 - 50 2014 ( DOI 10.1016/j.syapm.2013.11.002 , PubMed 24321274 )
#40841	; Curators of the CIP;
#50488	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 31233 A
#66792	Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmann: Automatically annotated for the DiASPora project (Digital Approaches for the Synthesis of Poorly Accessible Biodiversity Information) .
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#69479	João F Matias Rodrigues, Janko Tackmann,Gregor Rot, Thomas SB Schmidt, Lukas Malfertheiner, Mihai Danaila,Marija Dmitrijeva, Daniela Gaio, Nicolas Näpflin and Christian von Mering. University of Zurich.: MicrobeAtlas 1.0 beta .
#116821	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 103871
#124043	Isabel Schober, Julia Koblitz: Data extracted from sequence databases, automatically matched based on designation and taxonomy .
#125438	Julia Koblitz, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Rüdiger Pukall, Jörg Overmann: Predicting bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets. 2024 ( DOI 10.1101/2024.08.12.607695 )
#125439	Philipp Münch, René Mreches, Martin Binder, Hüseyin Anil Gündüz, Xiao-Yin To, Alice McHardy: deepG: Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 .
#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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Legionella birminghamensis (DSM 19232, ATCC 43702, CIP 103871)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_900452515

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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