Species ***Legionella* *jordanis***

Name: Legionella jordanis Cherry et al. 1982

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: jor.da’nis. N.L. gen. masc. n. jordanis, of the Jordan, named after the Jordan River in Bloomington, Indiana, source of the first isolate

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: le-gi-o-NEL-la jor-DA-nis, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 33623; BL-540; CCUG 16413; CIP 105268; DSM 19212; NCTC 11533

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Z32667 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Cherry WB, Gorman GW, Orrison LH, Moss CW, Steigerwalt AG, Wilkinson HW, Johnson SE, McKinney RM, Brenner DJ. Legionella jordanis: a new species of Legionella isolated from water and sewage. J Clin Microbiol 1982; 15:290-297. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 9. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1982; 32:384-385.

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 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 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "P650 = v". — 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 24 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.
- 🧍 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 (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧

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

Assigned by: Cherry WB, Gorman GW, Orrison LH, Moss CW, Steigerwalt AG, Wilkinson HW, Johnson SE, McKinney RM, Brenner DJ. Legionella jordanis: a new species of Legionella isolated from water and sewage. J Clin Microbiol 1982; 15:290-297. 🇺🇸

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Species Legionella jordanis

Species ***Legionella* *jordanis***