Isolation of Legionella pneumophilia from cooling tower water by filtration.
Methods are described for detection of Legionella pneumophila in cooling tower water or other water sources by direct fluorescent-antibody staining. A procedure for isolation of Legionella bacteria from water samples by guinea pig inoculation is described. Two different serogroups of L. pneumophila were isolated repeatedly from one of the cooling towers.
D000389:Air Conditioning; D000818:Animals; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D005374:Filtration; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D007875:Legionella / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014871:Water Microbiology