Species Legionella drancourtii
Name: Legionella drancourtii La Scola et al. 2004
Etymology: dran.cour’ti.i N.L. gen. masc. n. drancourtii, in honour of Michel Drancourt for his work on intracellular micro-organisms, especially Rickettsiae
Type strain: ATCC 50991; LLAP 12
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16S rRNA gene:
X97366
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FASTA 
Valid publication:
La Scola B, Birtles RJ, Greub G, Harrison TJ, Ratcliff RM, Raoult D. Legionella drancourtii sp. nov., a strictly intracellular amoebal pathogen. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:699-703. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1427-1428.
Nomenclatural status: validly published
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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The type strain has been also deposited in the Collection de l'Unité des Rickettsies (WHO Collaborative Center for Rickettsial Reference and Research, Marseilles, France). — Strict application of the Rules would mean that Legionella drancourtii La Scola et al. 2004 is not validly published because the protologue makes reference to the deposit of the type strain in a single recognized culture collection. Moreover, the "Collection de l'Unité des Rickettsies (WHO Collaborative Center for Rickettsial Reference and Research, Marseilles, France)" is not registrated in WDCM, and its status of publicly accessible service collection is questionable. However, the type strain is only available as a co-culture in an amoeba (Acanthamoeba polyphaga), which probably explains why most other collections will not take it. Consequently, as for obligate barophiles or organisms of Risk Group 3, it seems sensible to make an exception to Rules 27(3) and 30 and to consider that Legionella drancourtii La Scola et al. 2004 is validly published.
Publication:
Parker CT, Tindall BJ, Garrity GM. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:S1-S111.
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The type strain has been also deposited in the Collection de l'Unité des Rickettsies (WHO Collaborative Center for Rickettsial Reference and Research, Marseilles, France). — Strict application of the Rules would mean that Legionella drancourtii La Scola et al. 2004 is not validly published because the protologue makes reference to the deposit of the type strain in a single recognized culture collection. Moreover, the "Collection de l'Unité des Rickettsies (WHO Collaborative Center for Rickettsial Reference and Research, Marseilles, France)" is not registrated in WDCM, and its status of publicly accessible service collection is questionable. However, the type strain is only available as a co-culture in an amoeba (Acanthamoeba polyphaga), which probably explains why most other collections will not take it. Consequently, as for obligate barophiles or organisms of Risk Group 3, it seems sensible to make an exception to Rules 27(3) and 30 and to consider that Legionella drancourtii La Scola et al. 2004 is validly published.
Publication:
Parker CT, Tindall BJ, Garrity GM. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:S1-S111.
Parent taxon: Legionella Brenner et al. 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
La Scola B, Birtles RJ, Greub G, Harrison TJ, Ratcliff RM, Raoult D. Legionella drancourtii sp. nov., a strictly intracellular amoebal pathogen. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:699-703.
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