Identification of Legionella londiniensis isolated from hot spring water samples in Shizuoka, Japan, and cytotoxicity of isolates

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 367-371

  Furuhata, Katsunori ^a   Ogihara, Kikumi ^a   Ishizaki, Naoto ^a   Oonaka, Kenji ^a   Yoshida, Yoshihiro ^b   Goto, Keiichi ^b   Hara, Motonobu ^a   Miyamoto, Hiroshi ^c   Yoshida, Shin Ichi ^d   Fukuyama, Masafumi ^a  

^a AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Mitsui Norin Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Hot spring water; Legionella londiniensis

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; RNA 16S;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AGAR DIFFUSION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DOG; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; IN VITRO STUDY; JAPAN; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA LONDINIENSIS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THERMAL SPRING; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 78149406224     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-010-0062-8     Document Type: Article

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