Species Legionella rubrilucens
Name: Legionella rubrilucens Brenner et al. 1985
Etymology: ru.bri.lu.cens. L. adj. ruber -bra -brum, red; L. pres. part. lucens, shining; N.L. part. adj. rubrilucens, red shining, named after the red autofluorescence exhibited by the species
Type strain: ATCC 35304; CCUG 29671; CIP 103848; DSM 11884; JCM 7565; NCTC 11987; WA-270A-C2
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16S rRNA gene:
Z32643
Analyse
FASTA
Valid 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. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 😷 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 = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 16 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
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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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🧍 On the basis of serology and phenetic and phylogenetic comparisons, the taxa Legionella rubrilucens Brenner et al. 1985 and Legionella erythra Brenner et al. 1985 could be considered subspecies of the same species.
Publication:
Hookey JV, Saunders NA, Fry NK, Birtles RJ, Harrison TG. Phylogeny of Legionellaceae based on small-subunit ribosomal DNA sequences and proposal of Legionella lytica comb. nov. for Legionella-like amoebal pathogens. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1996; 46:526-531.
Parent taxon: Legionella Brenner et al. 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
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.
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Record number: 777459
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