Legionella drancourtii sp. nov., a strictly intracellular amoebal pathogen

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 699-703

  La Scola, Bernard ^a   Birtles, Richard J ^b   Greub, Gilbert ^a   Harrison, Timothy J ^c   Ratcliff, Rodney M ^d   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; DNA; GUANINE; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN; RNA 16S;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLYSIS; CYTOPLASM VESICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INCUBATION TIME; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA DRANCOURTII; LEGIONELLA LYTICA; LEGIONELLA ROWBOTHAMII; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; TEMPERATURE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE COMPOSITION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; IMMUNOPHILINS; LEGIONELLA; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDYLPROLYL ISOMERASE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TEMPERATURE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA POLYPHAGA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA DRANCOURTII; LEGIONELLA LYTICA; LEGIONELLA ROWBOTHAMII; LEGIONELLACEAE; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 2942670387     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02455-0     Document Type: Article

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