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Legionella birminghamensis

Legionella birminghamensis

Catalogue No.

NCTC 12437

Current Name

Legionella birminghamensis

Type Strain

Type Strain

Original Strain Reference

1407-AL-H

Culture Conditions

Growth Conditions on Solid Media

Buffered Charcoal Yeast Extract agar (BCYE), 48 hours, 37°C, CO₂ required

Biological and Genomic Info

Gram Stain Result

Negative

Strain Data

(ATCC 43702) Type strain / ATCC in 1991 / Lung biopsy, Alabama / Wilkinson, H. W. et al. (1987) J. clin. Microbiol. 25, 2120 / Validation List No. 25 (1988) Int. J. syst. Bact. 38, 220

Additional Info

Accession Date

04/02/2003

Previous Catalogue Name

Legionella birminghamensis

Applications

Extended Bibliography

(1988), Validation List no. 25., Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 220-222, http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-38-2-220 WILKINSON (H.W.), THACKER (W.L.), BENSON (R.F.), POLT (S.S.), BROOKINGS (E.), MAYBERRY (W.R.), BRENNER (D.J.), GILLEY (R.G.) and KIRKLIN (J.K.), (1987), Legionella birminghamensis sp. nov. isolated from a cardiac transplant recipient. J. Clin. Microbiol., 1987, 25, 2120-2122. Validation List no. 25 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online, 2120-2122, http://jcm.asm.org/content/25/11/2120

Available Formats

  • Ampoule (Bacteria)

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