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Species Legionella shakespearei
Name: Legionella shakespearei Verma et al. 1992
Etymology: sha.kes.pea’re.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. shakespearei, of Shakespeare, named after the playwright William Shakespeare, because the organism was isolated in Stratford-upon-Avon
Pronunciation, gender: s͡ha-kes-PEA-re-i, feminine
Type strain: 214; ATCC 49655; CCUG 31228; CCUG 31228 A; CIP 103541; DSM 23087; NCTC 12829
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
Z49736
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Verma UK, Brenner DJ, Thacker WL, Benson RF, Vesey G, Kurtz JB, Dennis PJ, Steigerwalt AG, Robinson JS, Moss CW. Legionella shakespearei sp. nov., isolated from cooling tower water. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:404-407. 
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IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 42, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:656.
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 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. — 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 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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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🧍 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:
Verma UK, Brenner DJ, Thacker WL, Benson RF, Vesey G, Kurtz JB, Dennis PJ, Steigerwalt AG, Robinson JS, Moss CW. Legionella shakespearei sp. nov., isolated from cooling tower water. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:404-407. 🇺🇸
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Record number: 784119
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