title: Isolation of Legionella pneumophila from pluvial floods by amoebal coculture.
abstract: Viable Legionella pneumophila bacteria were isolated by amoebal coculture from pluvial floods after intense rainfall and from water collected at sewage treatment plants. Several isolated L. pneumophila strains belonged to sequence types that have been previously identified in patients.
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands. marjolijn.schalk@rivm.nl.
authors.forename: J A C
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Schalk
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Docters van Leeuwen
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Lodder
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: de Man
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Euser
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: den Boer
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: de Roda Husman
mesh_terms: D000656:Amoeba / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000382:microbiology*; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D055868:Floods; D006801:Humans; D016952:Legionella pneumophila / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D058889:Molecular Typing; D012703:Serotyping; D014871:Water Microbiology