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Species Legionella waltersii
Name: Legionella waltersii Benson et al. 1996
Etymology: wal.ters’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. waltersii, of Walters, to honor R.P. Walters, who isolated the organism
Type strain: 2074-AUS-E; ATCC 51914; CCUG 44924; CIP 104965; DSM 21908
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AF122886
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Benson RF, Thacker WL, Daneshvar MI, Brenner DJ. Legionella waltersii sp. nov. and an unnamed Legionella genomospecies isolated from water in Australia. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:631-634. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:1191.
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. — 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 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
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🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative 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:
Benson RF, Thacker WL, Daneshvar MI, Brenner DJ. Legionella waltersii sp. nov. and an unnamed Legionella genomospecies isolated from water in Australia. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:631-634.
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Record number: 784125
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