title: Legionella thermalis sp. nov., isolated from hot spring water in Tokyo, Japan.
abstract: Strain L-47(T) of a novel bacterial species belonging to the genus Legionella was isolated from a sample of hot spring water from Tokyo, Japan. The 16S rRNA gene sequences (1477 bp) of this strain (accession number AB899895) had less than 95.0% identity with other Legionella species. The dominant fatty acids of strain L-47(T) were a15:0 (29.6%) and the major ubiquinone was Q-12 (71.1%). It had a guanine-plus-cytosine content of 41.5 mol%. The taxonomic description of Legionella thermalis sp. nov. is proposed to be type strain L-47(T) (JCM 30970(T)  = KCTC 42799(T)).
authors: School of Life and Environmental Science, Azabu University, Kanagawa, 252-5201.
authors: Naoto
authors: N
authors: Ishizaki
authors: School of Life and Environmental Science, Azabu University, Kanagawa, 252-5201.
authors: Kazuyuki
authors: K
authors: Sogawa
authors: Tsukuba Research Laboratories, Aquas Corporation, Ibaraki, 300-2646.
authors: Hiroaki
authors: H
authors: Inoue
authors: Tsukuba Research Laboratories, Aquas Corporation, Ibaraki, 300-2646.
authors: Kunio
authors: K
authors: Agata
authors: Department of Environmental Health, Osaka Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Osaka, 537-0025.|Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, Saga, 849-8501, Japan.
authors: Akiko
authors: A
authors: Edagawa
authors: Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, Saga, 849-8501, Japan.
authors: Hiroshi
authors: H
authors: Miyamoto
authors: School of Life and Environmental Science, Azabu University, Kanagawa, 252-5201.
authors: Masafumi
authors: M
authors: Fukuyama
authors: School of Life and Environmental Science, Azabu University, Kanagawa, 252-5201.
authors: Katsunori
authors: K
authors: Furuhata
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D045482:Hot Springs / Q000382:microbiology*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D007875:Legionella / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000378:metabolism; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014041:Tokyo; D014451:Ubiquinone / Q000378:metabolism; D014871:Water Microbiology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005227:Fatty Acids; D010743:Phospholipids; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D014451:Ubiquinone
keywords: Legionella thermalis sp. nov; hot spring water; taxonomy