Species Legionella tunisiensis

Name: Legionella tunisiensis Campocasso et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tu.ni.si.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. tunisiensis, of Tunisia, where the strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: le-gi-o-NEL-la tu-ni-si-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: CSUR P145; DSM 24805; LegM

16S rRNA gene: JF779686 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Campocasso A, Boughalmi M, Fournous G, Raoult D, La Scola B. Legionella tunisiensis sp. nov. and Legionella massiliensis sp. nov., isolated from environmental water samples. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:3003-3006. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:799-800.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Legionella Brenner et al. 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Campocasso A, Boughalmi M, Fournous G, Raoult D, La Scola B. Legionella tunisiensis sp. nov. and Legionella massiliensis sp. nov., isolated from environmental water samples. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:3003-3006. 🇫🇷

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://doi.org/10.83108/rn.790329Link copied to clipboard

Record number: 790329

This LPSN page was printed on 2026-08-14 09:14:07