Legionella busanensis (DSM 22853, CIP 108685, KCTC 12084)

Name: Legionella busanensis (DSM 22853, CIP 108685, KCTC 12084)
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BacDive ID 6772

Type strain

Strain Designation K9951

Culture col. no. DSM 22853 CIP 108685 KCTC 12084 CCUG 66538 ATCC BAA-518 1 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 190655

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG KCTC CIP

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Legionella busanensis K9951 is a microaerophile, mesophilic, motile prokaryote that was isolated from cooling tower water.

motile rod-shaped microaerophile mesophilic 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 100718

NCTC 13316,ATCC BAA-518,KCTC 12084,CIP 108685,DSM 22853,CCUG 66538

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:48:25

Domain Pseudomonadati

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Gammaproteobacteria

Order Legionellales

Family Legionellaceae

Genus Legionella

Species Legionella busanensis

Full scientific name Legionella busanensis Park et al. 2003

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Cell shape	Flagellum arrangement	Gram stain
67771	rod-shaped	subpolar
67771			negative
117079	rod-shaped		negative

Colony morphology

63345

Incubation period1-2 days

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
16490	BCYE-AGAR (DSMZ Medium 585)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: BCYE AGAR (DSMZ Medium 585) Composition: OXOID Legionella CYE-Agar base
117079	CIP Medium 23		Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
16490	positive	growth	37	mesophilic
63345	positive	growth	37	mesophilic
67771	positive	growth	35	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance
16490	microaerophile
63345	microaerophile
67771	microaerophile

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
117079	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	+	reduction
117079	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	-	reduction

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
117079	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
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
117079	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
117079	-	+	+	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

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

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Sampling date	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Isolation date
16490	cooling tower water		Busan	Republic of Korea	KOR	Asia
63345	Cooling tower	1999	Busan	Republic of Korea	KOR	Asia
67771	From cooling tower water		Busan	Republic of Korea	KOR	Asia
117079	Environment, Water		Busan	Republic of Korea	KOR	Asia	1999

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence NR_025196 (>99% sequence identity) for Legionella busanensis subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	3
Soil Samples	51
Animal Samples	1
Plant Samples
Total Samples	55

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
16490	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
117079	2	Risk group (French classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
16490	Legionella busanensis strain K9951 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	AF424887	1476		190655
67771	Legionella busanensis strain K9951 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence	NR_025196	1476		190655

GC content

16490

GC-content (mol%)37.5

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Legionella busanensis sp. nov., isolated from cooling tower water in Korea.	Park MY, Ko KS, Lee HK, Park MS, Kook YH	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.02268-0	2003

References

#16490	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 22853
#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 )
#63345	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 66538
#67771	Korean Collection for Type Cultures (KCTC) ; Curators of the KCTC;
#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 .
#117079	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 108685
#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 busanensis (DSM 22853, CIP 108685, KCTC 12084)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Metabolite utilization

Enzymes

API zym

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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