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Legionella wadsworthii

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Legionella wadsworthii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
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

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  1. ^ LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de
  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 (6): 809–13. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-97-6-809. PMID 6756238.
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