Legionella wadsworthii

Legionella wadsworthii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Proteobacteria
Class:	γ-proteobacteria
Order:	Legionellales
Family:	Legionellaceae
Genus:	Legionella
Species:	L. wadsworthii
Binomial name
	Legionella wadsworthii; Edelstein et al. 1983[1]
Type strain
	ATCC 33877, CCUG 16415, CCUG 58308, CIP 103886, NCTC 11532, Wadsworth 81-716A[2]

Legionella wadsworthii is a bacterium from the genus Legionella isolated from sputum from a patient in Los Angeles.[3][4] It can cause pneumonia in humans.[5]

References

LPSN bacterio.net
Straininfo of Legionella wadsworthii
ATCC
UniPot
Edelstein, PH; Brenner, DJ; Moss, CW; Steigerwalt, AG; Francis, EM; George, WL (1982). "Legionella wadsworthii species nova: a cause of human pneumonia". Ann Intern Med. 97: 809–13. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-97-6-809. PMID 6756238.

External links

Type strain of Legionella wadsworthii at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

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[1] LPSN bacterio.net

[2] Straininfo of Legionella wadsworthii

[3] ATCC

[4] UniPot

[5] Edelstein, PH; Brenner, DJ; Moss, CW; Steigerwalt, AG; Francis, EM; George, WL (1982). "Legionella wadsworthii species nova: a cause of human pneumonia". Ann Intern Med. 97: 809–13. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-97-6-809. PMID 6756238.