Legionella taurinensis (DSM 21897, ATCC 700508, CCUG 44901)

Name: Legionella taurinensis (DSM 21897, ATCC 700508, CCUG 44901)
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BacDive ID 6767

Type strain

Culture col. no. DSM 21897 ATCC 700508 CCUG 44901 CIP 106300 Turin I n° 1

NCBI tax ID(s) 70611

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG CIP

History <- CCUG <- CIP <- J. Freney, E. Herriot Hosp., Lyon, France <- F. Lo Presti <- Centre National de Référence des Legionella, Lyon, France <- L. Franzin, Infectious Diseases Inst., Univ. Turin, Italy; Turin I n° 1 {1988} CIP <- 1999, J. Freney, E. Herriot Hosp., Lyon, France <- F. Lo Pesti: strain Turin I no. 1, Turin, Italy

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Legionella taurinensis DSM 21897 is a microaerophile, Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium that was isolated from water sample of an oxygen bubble humidifier in an university hospital, where nosocomial Legionella infection occurred.

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

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 43968

NCTC 13314,ATCC 700508,CIP 106300,CCUG 44901,DSM 21897

@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 taurinensis

Full scientific name Legionella taurinensis Lo Presti et al. 1999

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility
123436	negative	rod-shaped

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
16026	BCYE-AGAR (DSMZ Medium 585)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: BCYE AGAR (DSMZ Medium 585) Composition: OXOID Legionella CYE-Agar base
39484	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)
123436	CIP Medium 23	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
16026	positive	growth	37
39484	positive	growth	37
56538	positive	growth	37

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance
16026	microaerophile
56538	microaerophile

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68369	17128 ChEBI	adipate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	29016 ChEBI	arginine	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68369	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	fermentation	from API 20NE
68369	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	27689 ChEBI	decanoate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68369	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	+	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68369	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	25115 ChEBI	malate	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	59640 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction	from API 20NE
68369	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API 20NE
68369	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
68369	35581 ChEBI	indole		from API 20NE

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Indole test
68369	35581 ChEBI	indole	-	from API 20NE

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
68369	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	from API 20NE
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
68382	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68369	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API 20NE
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
68369	cytochrome oxidase	-	1.9.3.1	from API 20NE
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
68369	gelatinase	+		from API 20NE
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
68369	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API 20NE
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
123436	-	+	+	+	-	+	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

API 20NE

@ref	Reduction of nitratesNO3	TRP	GLU_ Ferm	ADH (Arg)	URE	ESC	GEL	PNPG	GLU_ Assim	ARA	MNE	MAN	NAG	MAL	GNT	CAP	ADI	MLT	CIT	PAC	OX
16026	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Aquatic	-
#Infection	#Medical device	-
#Infection	#Medical environment	#Clinic

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Host species	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Sampling date	Isolation date
16026	water sample of an oxygen bubble humidifier in an university hospital, where nosocomial Legionella infection occurred	Legionella	Turin	Italy	ITA	Europe
56538	Environmental		Turino	Italy	ITA	Europe	1987
123436	Environment, Environmental strain		Turin	Italy	ITA	Europe		1987

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
16026	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
123436	2	Risk group (French classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
124043	ASM4266695v1 assembly for Legionella taurinensis CCUG 44901	contig	GCA_042666955	70611	70.85

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	Legionella taurinensis 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AF037597	1356	70611
16026	Legionella taurinensis strain ATCC 700508 16S ribosomal RNA gene, complete sequence	DQ667196	1505	70611
124043	Legionella taurinensis strain MDC1603 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence.	JF720411	525	70611

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
16026	46	high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Draft Genome Sequences of Legionella taurinensis Recovered from a Hot Water System in Austria, 2018.	Chakeri A, Allerberger F, Kundi M, Stoger A, Rehak S, Ruppitsch W, Schmid D.	Microbiol Resour Announc	10.1128/mra.01478-18	2019
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
Phylogeny	Legionella taurinensis sp. nov., a new species antigenically similar to Legionella spiritensis.	Lo Presti F, Riffard S, Meugnier H, Reyrolle M, Lasne Y, Grimont PA, Grimont F, Vandenesch F, Etienne J, Fleurette J, Freney J	Int J Syst Bacteriol	10.1099/00207713-49-2-397	1999

References

#16026	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 21897
#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 )
#39484	; Curators of the CIP;
#56538	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 44901
#68369	Automatically annotated from API 20NE .
#68382	Automatically annotated from API zym .
#123436	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 106300
#124043	Isabel Schober, Julia Koblitz: Data extracted from sequence databases, automatically matched based on designation and taxonomy .
#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 taurinensis (DSM 21897, ATCC 700508, CCUG 44901)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API zym

API 20NE

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_042666955

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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