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Species Legionella cardiaca
Name: Legionella cardiaca Pearce et al. 2012
Etymology: car.di.a.ca. L. fem. adj. cardiaca, of or pertaining to the heart, in reference to the isolation of the type strain from aortic valve tissue
Type strain: ATCC BAA-2315; DSM 25049; H63; JCM 17854
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
JF831047
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FASTA
Valid publication:
Pearce MM, Theodoropoulos N, Mandel MJ, Brown E, Reed KD, Cianciotto NP. Legionella cardiaca sp. nov., isolated from a case of native valve endocarditis in a human heart. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2946-2954. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:799-800.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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.
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🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative 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:
Pearce MM, Theodoropoulos N, Mandel MJ, Brown E, Reed KD, Cianciotto NP. Legionella cardiaca sp. nov., isolated from a case of native valve endocarditis in a human heart. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2946-2954.
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Record number: 790327
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