Legionella oakridgensis

Legionella oakridgensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Legionellales
Family: Legionellaceae
Genus: Legionella
Species:
L. oakridgensis
Binomial name
Legionella oakridgensis
Orrison et al. 1983

Legionella oakridgensis is a Gram-negative bacterium from the genus Legionella which was isolated from industrial cooling tower waters.[1] It is pathogenic.[2][3]

Genomic information
NCBI genome ID24057
Ploidyhaploid
Genome size2.77 Mb
Number of chromosomes1
Year of completion2013
  1. ^ Orrison LH, Cherry WB, Tyndall RL, et al. (February 1983). "Legionella oakridgensis: unusual new species isolated from cooling tower water". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 45 (2): 536–45. doi:10.1128/AEM.45.2.536-545.1983. PMC 242320. PMID 6830217.
  2. ^ Tang PW, Toma S, MacMillan LG (March 1985). "Legionella oakridgensis: laboratory diagnosis of a human infection". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 21 (3): 462–3. doi:10.1128/JCM.21.3.462-463.1985. PMC 271689. PMID 3980699.
  3. ^ Presti, François Lo, et al. "Isolation of Legionella oakridgensis from Two Patients with Pleural Effusion Living in the Same Geographical Area." Journal of Clinical Microbiology 38.8 (2000): 3128-3130.