| Legionella sainthelensi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Legionellales |
| Family: | Legionellaceae |
| Genus: | Legionella |
| Species: | L. sainthelensi
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| Binomial name | |
| Legionella sainthelensi Campbell et al. 1984[1]
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| Type strain | |
| ATCC 35248, CCUG 29672, CIP 103885, DSM 19231, MSH-4, Mt. St. Helens 4, NCTC 11988[2] | |
Legionella sainthelensi is a Gram-negative, catalase- and oxidase-positive, non-spore-forming, motile bacterium from the genus Legionella which was isolated from fresh water in regions influenced by the volcanic eruptions of Mount St. Helens in Washington.[3][4] L. sainthelensi can cause infection in the respiratory tract.[5]
| NCBI genome ID | 31584 |
|---|---|
| Ploidy | haploid |
| Genome size | 4.10 Mb |
| Number of chromosomes | 1 |
| Year of completion | 2014 |
- ^ LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de
- ^ Straininfo of Legionella sainthelensi
- ^ Applied and Environmental Microbiology [1]
- ^ UniProt
- ^ Loeb, M; Simor, AE; Mandell, L; Krueger, P; McArthur, M; James, M; Walter, S; Richardson, E; Lingley, M; Stout, J; Stronach, D; McGeer, A (1999). "Two nursing home outbreaks of respiratory infection with Legionella sainthelensi". J Am Geriatr Soc. 47 (5): 547–52. doi:10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb02568.x. PMC 7166437. PMID 10323647.