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Legionella shakespearei
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Gammaproteobacteria
Order:	Legionellales
Family:	Legionellaceae
Genus:	Legionella
Species:	L. shakespearei
Binomial name
Legionella shakespearei Verma et al. 1992
Type strain
ATCC 49655, CCUG 31228 A, CDC 214, CIP 103541, NCTC 12829

Legionella shakespearei is a Gram-negative, weakly oxidase-positive, catalase-positive bacterium with a single polar flagellum from the genus Legionella which was isolated from a cooling tower in Stratford-upon-Avon in England. L. shakespearei is named after William Shakespeare because it was isolated in Stratford-upon-Avon.

See also

• List of organisms named after famous people (born before 1800)

References

1. LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de
2. Straininfo of Legionella shakespearei
3. Verma, UK; Brenner, DJ; Thacker, WL; Benson, RF; Vesey, G; Kurtz, JB; Dennis, PJ; Steigerwalt, AG; Robinson, JS; Moss, CW (1992). "Legionella shakespearei sp. nov., isolated from cooling tower water". Int J Syst Bacteriol. 42 (3): 404–7. doi:10.1099/00207713-42-3-404. PMID 1503972.
4. UniProt
5. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology
6. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

External links

• Type strain of Legionella shakespearei at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

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