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Legionella micdadei
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Gammaproteobacteria
Order:	Legionellales
Family:	Legionellaceae
Genus:	Legionella
Species:	L. micdadei
Binomial name
Legionella micdadei Hébert et al. 1980
Synonyms
Tatlockia micdadei Legionella pittsburghensis

Legionella micdadei is a Gram-negative bacterium from the genus Legionella, which stains acid-fast. It stains weakly, but loses this trait upon being grown in culture. Tatlockia micdadei is an alternative term for L. micdadei, the Pittsburgh pneumonia agent and TATLOCK strain. It is named after Joseph E. McDade, who first isolated L. pneumophila.

References

1. ^ Hébert, G. Ann; Steigerwalt, Arnold G.; Brenner, Don J. (1980-09-01). "Legionella micdadei species nova: Classification of a third species of Legionella associated with human pneumonia". Current Microbiology. 3 (5): 255–257. doi:10.1007/BF02601800. ISSN 0343-8651.
2. McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

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