Species Legionella birminghamensis
Name: Legionella birminghamensis Wilkinson et al. 1988
Etymology: birm.ing.ham.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. birminghamensis, pertaining to Birmingham, Alabama, where the original isolate was made
Type strain: 1407-AL-H; ATCC 43702; CCUG 31233; CCUG 31233 A; CIP 103871; DSM 19232; JCM 7559; NCTC 12437
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
Z49717
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Wilkinson HW, Thacker WL, Benson RF, Polt SS, Brookings E, Mayberry WR, Brenner DJ, Gilley RG, Kirklin JK. Legionella birminghamensis sp. nov. isolated from a cardiac transplant recipient. J Clin Microbiol 1987; 25:2120-2122. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 25. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1988; 38:220-222.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
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🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen.
Publication:
Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
Parent taxon: Legionella Brenner et al. 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Wilkinson HW, Thacker WL, Benson RF, Polt SS, Brookings E, Mayberry WR, Brenner DJ, Gilley RG, Kirklin JK. Legionella birminghamensis sp. nov. isolated from a cardiac transplant recipient. J Clin Microbiol 1987; 25:2120-2122.
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