Legionella birminghamensis sp. nov. isolated from a cardiac transplant recipient.
A Legionella-like organism, strain 1407-AL-H, was isolated from a transbronchial lung biopsy specimen from a cardiac transplant recipient undergoing immunosuppressive therapy. The strain grew on buffered charcoal-yeast extract agar (BCYE) but not on BCYE in the absence of cysteine, and it showed gas-liquid chromatographic fatty acid profiles that were predominantly branch chained. Strain 1407-AL-H was antigenically distinct in slide agglutination tests from the 23 Legionella species and 39 serogroups previously described. DNA hybridization studies placed it in a new Legionella species, Legionella birminghamensis (ATCC 43702).
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Division of Bacterial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia 30333.
Thacker
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Benson
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Polt
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Brookings
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Mayberry
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Brenner
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Gilley
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Kirklin
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D000372:Agglutination Tests; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy; D007875:Legionella / Q000032:analysis / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007876:Legionellosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D008168:Lung / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005227:Fatty Acids