Legionella cherrii (DSM 19213, ATCC 35252, CCUG 29666)

Name: Legionella cherrii (DSM 19213, ATCC 35252, CCUG 29666)
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BacDive ID 6752

Type strain

Strain Designation ORW

Culture col. no. DSM 19213 ATCC 35252 CCUG 29666 CIP 103842 NCTC 11976 1 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 1122160 28084

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG CIP

History <- H. E. Müller <- ATCC <- W. F. Bibb <- R. L. Tyndall CIP <- 1993, R.F. Benson, CDC: strain ORW <- R.L. Tyndall

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Legionella cherrii ORW is a microaerophile, mesophilic, motile prokaryote that was isolated from thermally altered water.

motile rod-shaped microaerophile mesophilic genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 40947

ATCC 35252,NCTC 11976,CCUG 29666,CIP 103842,BCRC 17044,CCRC 17044,DSM 19213

@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 cherrii

Full scientific name Legionella cherrii Brenner et al. 1985

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Cell shape	Gram stain	Confidence
118230	rod-shaped
125439		negative	99.6
125438		negative	99.494

Colony morphology

7971

Incubation period1-2 days

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
7971	BCYE-AGAR (DSMZ Medium 585)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: BCYE AGAR (DSMZ Medium 585) Composition: OXOID Legionella CYE-Agar base
40808	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)
118230	CIP Medium 23	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
7971	positive	growth	37	mesophilic
40808	positive	growth	37	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
7971	microaerophile
125439	obligate aerobe	97.8

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125439		99.5
125438		90.116

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
7971	catalase	-	1.11.1.6
118230	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
7971	cytochrome-c oxidase	+	1.9.3.1
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
118230	oxidase	-
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
118230	-	+	+	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2
#Environmental	#Aquatic

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Sampling date
7971	thermally altered water	Minnesota	USA	USA	North America
49702	Water					1982
118230	Environment, Thermally altered water	Minnesota	United States of America	USA	North America

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence Z49720 (>99% sequence identity) for Legionellaceae from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	235
Soil Samples	193
Animal Samples	156
Plant Samples	29
Total Samples	613

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity human	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
7971	yes, in single cases	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
118230		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	34347_B01 assembly for Legionella cherrii NCTC11976	complete	GCA_900635815	28084.6	8117543836	28084	93.18
66792	ASM62138v1 assembly for Legionella cherrii DSM 19213	scaffold	GCA_000621385	1122160.4	2558309037	1122160	76.02
66792	Leg_cherrii_ORW.v1 assembly for Legionella cherrii ORW	scaffold	GCA_900640085	28084.7	8005409746	28084	72.97
66792	ASM146703v1 assembly for Legionella cherrii ORW	scaffold	GCA_001467035	28084.5	2667527672	28084	51.13

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	Legionella cherrii strain MDC1584 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	JF720381	524	28084
20218	L.cherrii (ATCC 35252) gene for 16S rRNA	X73404	1467	28084
20218	L.cherrii gene for ribosomal RNA, small subunit	Z49720	1368	28084

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Legionella cherrii NCTC11976
NCBI: GCA_900635815

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	97.80	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	99.60	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	55.90	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	99.50	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Legionella cherrii NCTC11976
NCBI: GCA_900635815.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	99.49	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	95.04	yes
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	76.40	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	90.12	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	96.99	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	yes	63.05	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Metabolism	Legionella shows a diverse secondary metabolism dependent on a broad spectrum Sfp-type phosphopantetheinyl transferase.	Tobias NJ, Ahrendt T, Schell U, Miltenberger M, Hilbi H, Bode HB.	PeerJ	10.7717/peerj.2720	2016
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
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
	Distribution of Secretion Systems in the Genus Legionella and Its Correlation with Pathogenicity.	Qin T, Zhou H, Ren H, Liu W	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2017.00388	2017
Phylogeny	Legionella sheltonii sp. nov., a novel species isolated on a cruise ship during routine monitoring.	Sauerborn Klobucar R, Kovacevic M, Svetlicic E, Kasalo N, Vasari K, Santic M, Antonic M, Posta A, Ivancic Santek M, Stopic K, Kazazic S, Malev O, Kapetanovic D, Vucic M, Begic K, Franjevic D, Klobucar G, Mijakovic I.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.006813	2025

References

#7971	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 19213
#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 )
#40808	; Curators of the CIP;
#49702	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 29666
#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 .
#118230	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 103842
#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 cherrii (DSM 19213, ATCC 35252, CCUG 29666)

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_900635815

16S sequences

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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