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Legionella gormanii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Gammaproteobacteria
Order:	Legionellales
Family:	Legionellaceae
Genus:	Legionella
Species:	L. gormanii
Binomial name
Legionella gormanii Morris et al. 1980
Type strain
ALLO3, ATCC 33297, ATCC 33342, CCUG 12267, CIP 104724, DSM 16641, LS-13 (ALLO3), LS12.9, NCTC 11401
Synonyms
Fluoribacter gormanii

Legionella gormanii is a Gram-negative bacterium from the genus Legionella which was isolated from soil samples from a creek bank in Atlanta and from the bronchial brush specimen of a patient who suffered from pneumonia. L. gormanii can cause atypical pneumonia together with L. pneumophila.

References

1. LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de
2. Straininfo of Legionella gormanii
3. Taxonomy Browser
4. Journal of Clinical Microbiology
5. Griffith, ME; Lindquist, DS; Benson, RF; Thacker, WL; Brenner, DJ; Wilkinson, HW. "First isolation of Legionella gormanii from human disease". J Clin Microbiol. 26: 380–1. PMC 266289. PMID 3278000.
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7. Buchbinder, S; Leitritz, L; Trebesius, K; Banas, B; Heesemann, J. "Mixed lung infection by Legionella pneumophila and Legionella gormanii detected by fluorescent in situ hybridization". Infection. 32: 242–5. doi:10.1007/s15010-004-2127-z. PMID 15293082.

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