Order Legionellales
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Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Legionellales Garrity et al. 2005, ord. nov.
Type genus: ¤ Legionella Brenner et al. 1979 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Legionella, type genus of the order; suff. -ales, ending to denote order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Legionellales, the Legionella order.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 106. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 2235-2238.
Effective publication: GARRITY (G.M.), BELL (J.A.) and LILBURN (T.): Order VI. Legionellales ord. nov. In: D.J. BRENNER, N.R. KRIEG, J.T. STALEY and G. M. GARRITY (editors), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 210.
Validation List no. 106 in IJSEM Online
