title: Legionella adelaidensis, a new species isolated from cooling tower water.
abstract: A Legionella-like organism (strain 1762-AUS-E) was isolated from a cooling tower of an air-conditioning system in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. The isolate was presumptively identified as a Legionella strain by its growth requirement for L-cysteine and its cellular branched-chain fatty acids. Strain 1762-AUS-E was serologically distinct in the slide agglutination test with absorbed antisera. DNA hybridization confirmed that it is a new Legionella species for which the name Legionella adelaidensis is proposed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Bacterial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia 30333.
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Benson
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Thacker
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Lanser
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sangster
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Mayberry
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Brenner
mesh_terms: D000389:Air Conditioning / Q000009:adverse effects; D001315:Australia; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D007875:Legionella / Q000032:analysis / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D013045:Species Specificity; D014871:Water Microbiology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005227:Fatty Acids