Legionella steelei sp. nov., isolated from human respiratory specimens in California, USA, and South Australia

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1766-1771

  Edelstein, Paul H ^a   Edelstein, Martha A ^a   Shephard, Lisa J ^b   Ward, Kevin W ^c   Ratcliff, Rodney M ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BLUE WHITE FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; CHARCOAL; CYSTEINE; FLUORESCENT DYE; MACROPHAGE INFECTIVITY POTENTIATOR; RIBONUCLEASE P; RIBOSOMAL POLYMERASE B; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; ZINC METALLOPROTEASE;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUXOTROPHY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CLOT; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA STEELEI; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; YEAST;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CELL LINE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTATION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; TEMPERATURE;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA; MICROMESISTIUS POUTASSOU; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 84864675629     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.035709-0     Document Type: Article

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