Name: Legionella Brenner et al. 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: L. n. legio -onis, a body of soldiers, legion; L. fem. dim. suff. -ella, diminutive ending; N.L. fem. dim. n. Legionella, small legion or army

Gender: feminine

Type species: Legionella pneumophila Brenner et al. 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Brenner DJ, Steigerwalt AG, McDade JE. Classification of the Legionnaires' disease bacterium: Legionella pneumophila, genus novum, species nova, of the family Legionellaceae, familia nova. Ann Intern Med 1979; 90:656-658.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Tatlockia Garrity et al. 1980	heterotypic synonym, validly published
    Fluoribacter Garrity et al. 1980	heterotypic synonym, validly published
    Sarcobium Drozanski 1991	heterotypic synonym, validly published

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the family Legionellaceae Brenner et al. 1979 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Brenner DJ, Steigerwalt AG, McDade JE. Classification of the Legionnaires' disease bacterium: Legionella pneumophila, genus novum, species nova, of the family Legionellaceae, familia nova. Ann Intern Med 1979; 90:656-658.
  • Nomenclatural type of the order Legionellales Garrity et al. 2005. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Order VI. Legionellales ord. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 210.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 61
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 62
Total number of child taxa: 65

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Legionella adelaidensis Benson et al. 1991	validly published	correct name
    Legionella anisa Gorman et al. 1985	validly published	correct name
    Legionella beliardensis Lo Presti et al. 2001	validly published	correct name
    Legionella birminghamensis Wilkinson et al. 1988	validly published	correct name
    Legionella bozemanae corrig. (Garrity et al. 1980) Brenner et al. 1980	validly published	correct name
    Legionella bozemanii (sic) (Garrity et al. 1980) Brenner et al. 1980	misspelling	orthographic variant
    Legionella brunensis Wilkinson et al. 1989	validly published	correct name
    Legionella busanensis Park et al. 2003	validly published	correct name
    Legionella cardiaca Pearce et al. 2012	validly published	correct name
    Legionella cherrii Brenner et al. 1985	validly published	correct name
    Legionella cincinnatiensis Thacker et al. 1989	validly published	correct name
    "Legionella clemsonensis" Palmer et al. 2016	not validly published
    Legionella drancourtii La Scola et al. 2004	validly published	correct name
    Legionella dresdenensis Lück et al. 2010	validly published	correct name
    Legionella drozanskii Adeleke et al. 2001	validly published	correct name
    Legionella dumoffii Brenner et al. 1980	validly published	correct name
    Legionella erythra Brenner et al. 1985	validly published	correct name
    Legionella fairfieldensis Thacker et al. 1991	validly published	correct name
    Legionella fallonii Adeleke et al. 2001	validly published	correct name
    Legionella feeleii Herwaldt et al. 1984	validly published	correct name
    Legionella geestiana Dennis et al. 1993	validly published	correct name
    Legionella gormanii Morris et al. 1980	validly published	correct name
    Legionella gratiana Bornstein et al. 1991	validly published	correct name
    Legionella gresilensis Lo Presti et al. 2001	validly published	correct name
    Legionella hackeliae Brenner et al. 1985	validly published	correct name
    Legionella impletisoli Kuroki et al. 2007	validly published	correct name
    Legionella israelensis Bercovier et al. 1986	validly published	correct name
    Legionella jamestowniensis Brenner et al. 1985	validly published	correct name
    "Candidatus Legionella jeonii" Park et al. 2004	not validly published
    Legionella jordanis Cherry et al. 1982	validly published	correct name
    Legionella lansingensis Thacker et al. 1994	validly published	correct name
    Legionella londiniensis Dennis et al. 1993	validly published	correct name
    Legionella longbeachae McKinney et al. 1982	validly published	correct name
    Legionella lytica (Drozanski 1991) Hookey et al. 1996	validly published	correct name
    Legionella maceachernii Brenner et al. 1985	validly published	correct name
    Legionella massiliensis Campocasso et al. 2012	validly published	correct name
    Legionella micdadei (Garrity et al. 1980) Hébert et al. 1980	validly published	correct name
    Legionella moravica Wilkinson et al. 1989	validly published	correct name
    Legionella nagasakiensis Yang et al. 2012	validly published	correct name
    Legionella nautarum Dennis et al. 1993	validly published	correct name
    Legionella norrlandica Rizzardi et al. 2015	validly published	correct name
    Legionella oakridgensis Orrison et al. 1983	validly published	correct name
    Legionella parisiensis Brenner et al. 1985	validly published	correct name
    Legionella pittsburghensis Pasculle et al. 1980	validly published, illegitimate name	synonym
    Legionella pneumophila Brenner et al. 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	correct name
    Legionella qingyii Wu et al. 2019	validly published	correct name
    Legionella quateirensis Dennis et al. 1993	validly published	correct name
    Legionella quinlivanii Benson et al. 1990	validly published	correct name
    Legionella rowbothamii Adeleke et al. 2001	validly published	correct name
    Legionella rubrilucens Brenner et al. 1985	validly published	correct name
    Legionella sainthelensi Campbell et al. 1984	validly published	correct name
    Legionella santicrucis Brenner et al. 1985	validly published	correct name
    Legionella saoudiensis Bajrai et al. 2016	validly published	correct name
    Legionella shakespearei Verma et al. 1992	validly published	correct name
    Legionella spiritensis Brenner et al. 1985	validly published	correct name
    Legionella steelei Edelstein et al. 2012	validly published	correct name
    Legionella steigerwaltii Brenner et al. 1985	validly published	correct name
    Legionella taurinensis Lo Presti et al. 1999	validly published	correct name
    Legionella thermalis Ishizaki et al. 2016	validly published	correct name
    Legionella tucsonensis Thacker et al. 1990	validly published	correct name
    Legionella tunisiensis Campocasso et al. 2012	validly published	correct name
    Legionella wadsworthii Edelstein et al. 1983	validly published	correct name
    Legionella waltersii Benson et al. 1996	validly published	correct name
    Legionella worsleiensis Dennis et al. 1993	validly published	correct name
    Legionella yabuuchiae Kuroki et al. 2007	validly published	correct name

Parent taxon: Legionellaceae Brenner et al. 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Brenner DJ, Steigerwalt AG, McDade JE. Classification of the Legionnaires' disease bacterium: Legionella pneumophila, genus novum, species nova, of the family Legionellaceae, familia nova. Ann Intern Med 1979; 90:656-658.

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