Species ***Legionella* *brunensis***

Name: Legionella brunensis Wilkinson et al. 1989

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bru.nen’sis. L. fem. adj. brunensis, pertaining to Brno, Czechoslovakia

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: le-gi-o-NEL-la bru-NEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: 441-1; ATCC 43878; CCUG 31114; CDC 1635; CIP 103874; DSM 19236; NCTC 12240

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Z32636 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Wilkinson HW, Drasar V, Thacker WL, Benson RF, Schindler J, Potuznikova B, Mayberry WR, Brenner DJ. Legionella moravica sp. nov. and Legionella brunensis sp. nov. isolated from cooling-tower water. Ann Inst Pasteur Microbiol 1988; 139:393-402.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 29. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1989; 39:205-206.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

Notes:
- 😷 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 = 1, note = "PIIC". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
- 🧍 On the Validation List no. 29, the reference of the paper by Wilkinson et al. 1988 is incorrectly cited as Antonie van Leeuwenhoek J. Microbiol. Serol. (sic) 1988, 139, 393-402. Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 32. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:105-106.

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

Assigned by: Wilkinson HW, Drasar V, Thacker WL, Benson RF, Schindler J, Potuznikova B, Mayberry WR, Brenner DJ. Legionella moravica sp. nov. and Legionella brunensis sp. nov. isolated from cooling-tower water. Ann Inst Pasteur Microbiol 1988; 139:393-402.

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Species Legionella brunensis

Species ***Legionella* *brunensis***