Legionella tucsonensis sp. nov. isolated from a renal transplant recipient.
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).
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Division of Bacterial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia 30333.
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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*
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005227:Fatty Acids