Species ***Legionella* *dumoffii***

Name: Legionella dumoffii Brenner et al. 1980

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: du.mof’fi.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. dumoffii, of Dumoff, named after Morris Dumoff, who first isolated L. pneumophila directly on bacteriologic media

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: le-gi-o-NEL-la du-MOF-fi-i, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 33279; CCUG 11881; CIP 103876; DSM 17625; NCTC 11370; NY 23

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16S rRNA gene: X73405 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Brenner DJ, Steigerwalt AG, Gorman GW, Weaver RE, Feeley JC, Cordes LG, Wilkinson HW, Patton C, Thomason BM, Lewallen Sasseville KR. Legionella bozemanii sp. nov. and Legionella dumoffii sp. nov.: classification of two additional species of Legionella associated with human pneumonia. Curr. Microbiol. 1980; 4:111-116. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 5. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:676-677.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Fluoribacter dumoffii (Brenner et al. 1980) Brown et al. 1981	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

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. — 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 51 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.
- 🧍 Reclassification opposed IJSB 35:50. Publication: Brenner DJ, Steigerwalt AG, Gorman GW, Wilkinson HW, Bibb WF, Hackel M, Tyndall RL, Campbell J, Feeley JC, Thacker WL, et al. Ten new species of Legionella. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1985; 35:50-59. 🇺🇸
- 🧍 See the note for Fluoribacter dumoffii (Brenner et al. 1980) Brown et al. 1981, comb. nov. Publication: Brown A, Garrity GM, Vickers RM. Fluoribacter dumoffii (Brenner et al.) comb. nov. and Fluoribacter gormanii (Morris et al.) comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1981; 31:111-115. 🇺🇸

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

Assigned by: Brenner DJ, Steigerwalt AG, Gorman GW, Weaver RE, Feeley JC, Cordes LG, Wilkinson HW, Patton C, Thomason BM, Lewallen Sasseville KR. Legionella bozemanii sp. nov. and Legionella dumoffii sp. nov.: classification of two additional species of Legionella associated with human pneumonia. Curr. Microbiol. 1980; 4:111-116. 🇺🇸

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Species Legionella dumoffii

Species ***Legionella* *dumoffii***