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Legionella dumoffii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Gammaproteobacteria
Order:	Legionellales
Family:	Legionellaceae
Genus:	Legionella
Species:	L. dumoffii
Binomial name
Legionella dumoffii Brenner et al. 1980,
Type strain
ATCC 33279, BCRC 17048, CCRC 17048, CCUG 11881, CECT 7349, CIP 103876, DSM 17625, NCTC 11370, NY 23
Synonyms
Fluoribacter dumoffii

Legionella dumoffii is a Gram-negative bacterium from the genus Legionella with a monopolar flagellum which was isolated from lung tissue of a patient who suffered from fatal pneumonia. L. dumoffii occurs in soil and freshwater environments and can cause human pneumonia and accidentally induce other diseases such as prosthetic valve endocarditis and septic arthritis.

References

1. LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de
2. Strainfo of Legionella dumoffii
3. UniProt
4. Palusińska-Szysz, M; Zdybicka-Barabas, A; Pawlikowska-Pawlęga, B; Mak, P; Cytryńska, M (2012). "Anti-Legionella dumoffii activity of Galleria mellonella defensin and apolipophorin III". Int J Mol Sci. 13 (12): 17048–64. doi:10.3390/ijms131217048. PMC 3546738. PMID 23235329.
5. Journal of Clinical Microbiology
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8. Journal of Clinical Microbiology
9. Journal of Bacteriology

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