Legionella parisiensis

Legionella parisiensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Legionellales
Family: Legionellaceae
Genus: Legionella
Species:
L. parisiensis
Binomial name
Legionella parisiensis
Brenner et al. 1985[1]
Type strain
ATCC 35299, CCUG 29670, CIP 103847, DSM 19216, JCM 7561, NCTC 11983, PF-209C-C2[2]

Legionella parisiensis is a Gram-negative bacterium from the genus Legionella associated with pneumonia.

History

This species was isolated from cooling tower water in Paris.[3][4][5] In 1997, it was first associated with human pneumonia in a liver transplant patient.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de
  2. ↑ Straininfo of Legionella parisiensis
  3. ↑ ATCC
  4. ↑ UniProt
  5. 1 2 Igel, Liane; Helbig, Jürgen Herbert; Lück, Paul Christian (1 June 2004). "Isolation and Characterization of a Nonfluorescent Strain of Legionella parisiensis". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 42 (6): 2877–2878. doi:10.1128/JCM.42.6.2877-2878.2004. PMC 427822. PMID 15184498.
  6. ↑ Lo Presti, François; Riffard, Serge; Vandenesch, François; Reyrolle, Monique; Ronco, Esthel; Ichai, Philippe; Etienne, Jérome (1 July 1997). "The First Clinical Isolate of Legionella parisiensis, from a Liver Transplant Patient with Pneumonia". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 35 (7): 1706–1709. doi:10.1128/jcm.35.7.1706-1709.1997. PMC 229826.