Legionella moravica (DSM 19234, ATCC 43877, CCUG 31117)

Name: Legionella moravica (DSM 19234, ATCC 43877, CCUG 31117)
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BacDive ID 6742

Type strain

Strain Designation 316-36, 316-86

Culture col. no. DSM 19234 ATCC 43877 CCUG 31117 CIP 103883 NCTC 12239 2 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 1122165 39962

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG CIP

History DSMZ <- H. E. Müller <- ATCC <- H. W. Wilkinson <- V. Drasar; 316-36 CIP <- 1998, R.F. Benson, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia, USA : strain 316-86 <- V. Drassar

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Legionella moravica 316-36 is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium that was isolated from water cooling tower.

Gram-negative rod-shaped genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 46071

ATCC 43877,CIP 103883,CCUG 31117,NCTC 12239,DSM 19234

@ref 20215

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

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Gammaproteobacteria

Order Legionellales

Family Legionellaceae

Genus Legionella

Species Legionella moravica

Full scientific name Legionella moravica Wilkinson et al. 1989

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Confidence
121137	negative	rod-shaped
125438	negative		98.994
125439	negative		98.555

Colony morphology

7983

Incubation period2-3 days

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
7983	BCYE-AGAR (DSMZ Medium 585)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: BCYE AGAR (DSMZ Medium 585) Composition: OXOID Legionella CYE-Agar base
34428	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)
121137	CIP Medium 23	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
7983	positive	growth	37
34428	positive	growth	37

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
125439	obligate aerobe	97.371

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125439		99.687

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
68382	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	from API zym
68382	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	from API zym
68382	alpha-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.20	from API zym
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
68382	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
68382	cystine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.3	from API zym
68382	esterase (C 4)	-		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
68382	leucine arylamidase	+	3.4.11.1	from API zym
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		from API zym
68382	trypsin	-	3.4.21.4	from API zym
68382	valine arylamidase	+		from API zym

API zym

@ref	Control	Alkaline phosphatase	Esterase (C 4)	2-naphtyl caprylateEsterase Lipase (C 8)	Lipase (C 14)	L-leucyl-2-naphthylamideLeucine arylamidase	L-valyl-2-naphthylamideValine arylamidase	L-cystyl-2-naphthylamideCystine arylamidase	Trypsin	alpha- Chymotrypsin	Acid phosphatase	Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphateNaphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	alpha- Galactosidase	beta- Galactosidase	beta- Glucuronidase	alpha- Glucosidase	beta- Glucosidase	N-acetyl-beta- glucosaminidase	alpha- Mannosidase	alpha- Fucosidase
121137	-	+	-	+	-	+	+	+	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Engineered	#Industrial	#Cooling tower
#Environmental	#Aquatic	-

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Continent	Country ISO 3 Code
7983	water cooling tower		Czechoslovakia	Europe
50433	Water,air conditioning cooling tower	Vyskov	Czechoslovakia	Europe
121137	Environment, Cooling tower water		Czech Republic	Europe	CZE

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence Z49729 (>99% sequence identity) for Legionella from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	5
Soil Samples	1
Animal Samples	1
Plant Samples	0
Total Samples	7

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity human	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
7983	yes, in single cases	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
121137		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
66792	51342_H02 assembly for Legionella moravica NCTC12239	contig	GCA_900452715	39962.7	2961502759	39962	78.1
66792	Legionella moravica strain ATCC 43877	contig		39962.6		39962	68.3
66792	ASM42330v1 assembly for Legionella moravica DSM 19234	scaffold	GCA_000423305	1122165.5	2522572178	1122165	66.77
66792	Legionella moravica DSM 19234	contig		1122165.3		1122165	64.4
66792	ASM146786v1 assembly for Legionella moravica ATCC 43877	scaffold	GCA_001467865	39962.5	2660238257	39962	46.17

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
20218	Legionella moravica strain MDC1591 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	JF720413	524		39962
7983	L.moravica gene for ribosomal RNA, small subunit	Z49729	1409		39962

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: 51342_H02 assembly for Legionella moravica NCTC12239
NCBI: GCA_900452715

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	97.37	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	98.56	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	59.84	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	99.69	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Legionella moravica DSM 19234 DSM 19234
NCBI: GCA_000423305.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	98.99	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	96.39	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	72.93	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	89.97	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	93.95	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	yes	58.59	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Validation of MICA Legionella for Enumeration of Legionella pneumophila in Sanitary Waters and Cooling Tower Waters: AOAC Performance Tested MethodSM 032201.	Passot F, Peslier S, Benzinger MJ, Blackburn J, Thompson W, Bastin B, Dumont A, Dukan S.	J AOAC Int	10.1093/jaoacint/qsac150	2023
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	Isolation of Legionella oakridgensis from two patients with pleural effusion living in the same geographical area.	Lo Presti F, Riffard S, Jarraud S, Le Gallou F, Richet H, Vandenesch F, Etienne J.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.38.8.3128-3130.2000	2000
Phylogeny	Legionella moravica sp. nov. and Legionella brunensis sp. nov. isolated from cooling-tower water.	Wilkinson HW, Drasar V, Thacker WL, Benson RF, Schindler J, Potuznikova B, Mayberry WR, Brenner DJ	Ann Inst Pasteur Microbiol	10.1016/0769-2609(88)90102-0	1988

References

#7983	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 19234
#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 )
#34428	; Curators of the CIP;
#50433	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 31117
#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) .
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#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 .
#121137	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 103883
#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 moravica (DSM 19234, ATCC 43877, CCUG 31117)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Enzymes

API zym

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_900452715

16S sequences

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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