Species Legionella tucsonensis
Name: Legionella tucsonensis Thacker et al. 1990
Etymology: tuc.son.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. tucsonensis, pertaining to Tucson, Arizona, where the species was first isolated
Type strain: 1087-AZ-H; ATCC 49180; CCUG 31119; CIP 105113; DSM 19246; NCTC 12439
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
Z32644
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Thacker WL, Benson RF, Schifman RB, Pugh E, Steigerwalt AG, Mayberry WR, Brenner DJ, Wilkinson HW. Legionella tucsonensis sp. nov. isolated from a renal transplant recipient. J Clin Microbiol 1989; 27:1831-1834. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 32. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:105-106.
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.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 2 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:
Thacker WL, Benson RF, Schifman RB, Pugh E, Steigerwalt AG, Mayberry WR, Brenner DJ, Wilkinson HW. Legionella tucsonensis sp. nov. isolated from a renal transplant recipient. J Clin Microbiol 1989; 27:1831-1834.
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