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Species Legionella oakridgensis
Name: Legionella oakridgensis Orrison et al. 1983
Etymology: oa.kridg.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. oakridgensis, pertaining to Oak Ridge, Tennessee, where the species was first isolated
Type strain: ATCC 33761; CCUG 16414; CIP 103884; DSM 21215; NCTC 11531; Oak Ridge 10; OR-10
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
X73397
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Orrison LH, Cherry WB, Tyndall RL, Fliermans CB, Gough SB, Lambert MA, McDougal LK, Bibb WF, Brenner DJ. Legionella oakridgensis: unusual new species isolated from cooling tower water. Appl Environ Microbiol 1983; 45:536-545. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 11. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1983; 33:672-674.
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. — 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 15 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.
Parent taxon: Legionella Brenner et al. 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Orrison LH, Cherry WB, Tyndall RL, Fliermans CB, Gough SB, Lambert MA, McDougal LK, Bibb WF, Brenner DJ. Legionella oakridgensis: unusual new species isolated from cooling tower water. Appl Environ Microbiol 1983; 45:536-545.
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Record number: 784110
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