Legionella Adelaidensis, a New Species Isolated from Cooling Tower Water

Overview

Journal J Clin Microbiol

Specialty Microbiology

Date 1991 May 1

PMID 2056032

Citations 8

Authors

R F Benson

W L Thacker

J A Lanser

N Sangster

W R Mayberry

D J Brenner

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Abstract

A Legionella-like organism (strain 1762-AUS-E) was isolated from a cooling tower of an air-conditioning system in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. The isolate was presumptively identified as a Legionella strain by its growth requirement for L-cysteine and its cellular branched-chain fatty acids. Strain 1762-AUS-E was serologically distinct in the slide agglutination test with absorbed antisera. DNA hybridization confirmed that it is a new Legionella species for which the name Legionella adelaidensis is proposed.

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