title: Legionella tucsonensis sp. nov. isolated from a renal transplant recipient.
abstract: A Legionella-like organism (strain 1087-AZ-H) was isolated from a pleural-fluid specimen from a renal transplant patient undergoing immunosuppressive therapy. Growth characteristics and gas-liquid chromatography profiles of the isolate were consistent with those for Legionella spp. The isolate fluoresced blue-white under long-wave UV light. Strain 1087-AZ-H was serologically distinct in the slide agglutination test with absorbed antisera. DNA hybridization studies placed it in a new Legionella species, Legionella tucsonensis (ATCC 49180).
authors.affiliation: Division of Bacterial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia 30333.
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Thacker
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Benson
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Schifman
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pugh
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Steigerwalt
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Mayberry
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Brenner
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Wilkinson
mesh_terms: D000372:Agglutination Tests; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D007875:Legionella / Q000032:analysis / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005227:Fatty Acids