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Species Legionella lansingensis
Name: Legionella lansingensis Thacker et al. 1994
Etymology: lans.ing.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. lansingensis, pertaining to Lansing, Michigan, where the species was first isolated
Type strain: 1677-MI-H; ATCC 49751; CIP 103542; DSM 19556; NCTC 12830
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
Z49727
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Thacker WL, Dyke JW, Benson RF, Havlichek DHJ, Robinson-Dunn B, Stiefel H, Schneider W, Moss CW, Mayberry WR, Brenner DJ. Legionella lansingensis sp. nov. isolated from a patient with pneumonia and underlying chronic lymphocytic leukemia. J Clin Microbiol 1992; 30:2398-2401. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 50. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:595.
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 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. — 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 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🙆 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 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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🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.
Publication:
Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.
Parent taxon: Legionella Brenner et al. 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Thacker WL, Dyke JW, Benson RF, Havlichek DHJ, Robinson-Dunn B, Stiefel H, Schneider W, Moss CW, Mayberry WR, Brenner DJ. Legionella lansingensis sp. nov. isolated from a patient with pneumonia and underlying chronic lymphocytic leukemia. J Clin Microbiol 1992; 30:2398-2401.
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Record number: 784103
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