Legionella bozemanae

Legionella bozemanae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Legionellales
Family: Legionellaceae
Genus: Legionella
Species: L. bozemanae
Binomial name
Legionella bozemanae
corrig. Brenner et al. 1980
Synonyms

Fluoribacter bozemanae (Garrity et al. 1980)

Legionella bozemanae is a Gram-negative bacterium in the family Legionellaceae. Its type strain is WIGA (=ATCC 33217). It is associated with human pneumonia.[1]

References

  1. Brenner, Don J.; Steigerwalt, Arnold G.; Gorman, G. W.; Weaver, Robert E.; Feeley, James C.; Cordes, L. G.; Wilkinson, Hazel W.; Patton, Charlotte; Thomason, Berenice M.; Sasseville, Karen R. Lewallen (1980). "Legionella bozemanii sp. nov. andLegionella dumoffii sp. nov.: Classification of two additional species ofLegionella associated with human pneumonia". Current Microbiology. 4 (2): 111–116. doi:10.1007/BF02602903. ISSN 0343-8651.

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