Species Legionella feeleii
Name: Legionella feeleii Herwaldt et al. 1984
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. feeleii, of Feeley, named after James Feeley, who contributed greatly to early work on Legionella and developed effective agar media for primary isolation
Type strain: ATCC 35072; CCUG 16417; CIP 103877; DSM 17645; NCTC 12022; WO-44C
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16S rRNA gene:
X73395
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FASTA
Effective publication:
Herwaldt LA, Gorman GW, McGrath T, Toma S, Brake B, Hightower AW, Jones J, Reingold AL, Boxer PA, Tang PW, et al. A new Legionella species, Legionella feeleii species nova, causes Pontiac fever in an automobile plant. Ann Intern Med 1984; 100:333-338. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 15. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1984; 34:355-357.
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 30 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.
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🧍 See also Moss et al. (1983).
Publication:
Moss CW, Bibb WF, Karr DE, Guerrant GO, Lambert MA. Cellular fatty acid composition and ubiquinone content of Legionella feeleii sp. nov. J Clin Microbiol 1983; 18:917-919.
Parent taxon: Legionella Brenner et al. 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Herwaldt LA, Gorman GW, McGrath T, Toma S, Brake B, Hightower AW, Jones J, Reingold AL, Boxer PA, Tang PW, et al. A new Legionella species, Legionella feeleii species nova, causes Pontiac fever in an automobile plant. Ann Intern Med 1984; 100:333-338.
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Record number: 777454
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