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Legionella longbeachae

Legionella longbeachae

Catalogue No.

NCTC 11477

Current Name

Legionella longbeachae

Type Strain

Type Strain

Original Strain Reference

Longbeach 4

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

Enzyme Tests

Catalase: +

Cytochrome C oxidase: +

Strain Data

(ATCC 33462) Type strain / P. A. Pienta ATCC in 1982 / R. M. McKinney / R. K. Porschen / Serogroup 1 / McKinney et al. (1981) Ann. Int. Med. 94, 743 / McKinney et al. (1982) Int. J. syst. Bact. 32, 266 / McKinney et al. (1981) J. clin. Microbiol. 14, 674-677

Colony Appearance

Smooth, Shiny

Additional Info

Accession Date

01/01/1982

Depositor

PIENTA P A, ATCC

History

ISOLATED BY PORSCHEN R H IN 1980

Previous Catalogue Name

Legionella longbeachae

Applications

Bibliography

MCKINNEY ET AL 1982 INT J SYST BACT 32 266;MCKINNEY ET AL 1981 AM INT MED

Extended Bibliography

(1982), Validation of the publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. List No. 8., Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 266-268, http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-32-2-266 McKinney,R.M, Porschen,R.K, Edelstein,P.H, Bisset,M.L, Harris,P.P, Bondel,S.P, Steigerwalt,A.G, Weaver,R.E, Ein,M.E, Lindqu, (1981), Legionella longbeachae species nova, another etiologic agent of human pneumonia., Ann. Int. Med., 739-743, http://annals.org/aim/article-abstract/694842

Available Formats

  • Ampoule (Bacteria)

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