Legionella birminghamensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
Order: | Legionellales |
Family: | Legionellaceae |
Genus: | Legionella |
Species: | L. birminghamensis
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Binomial name | |
Legionella birminghamensis Wilkinson et al. 1988[1]
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Type strain | |
1407-AL-H, ATCC 43702, BCRC 17042, CCRC 17042, CCUG 31233 A, CIP 103871, DSM 19232, GIFU 11749, JCM 7559, KCTC 12007, NCTC 12437[2] |
Legionella birminghamensis is a Gram-negative, non-spore-forming, aerobic bacterium from the genus Legionella, which was isolated from a cardiac transplant recipient and from water near Clermont-Ferrand in France.[3][4][5][6] It was named after Birmingham, Alabama.[1]