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Species Legionella worsleiensis
Name: Legionella worsleiensis Dennis et al. 1993
Etymology: wors.lei.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. worsleiensis, pertaining to Worsley [probably better: worsleyensis]
Type strain: 1347; ATCC 49508; CCUG 44923; CIP 105114; DSM 21907; NCTC 12377
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
Z49739
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Dennis PJ, Brenner DJ, Thacker WL, Wait R, Vesey G, Steigerwalt AG, Benson RF. Five new Legionella species isolated from water. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:329-337. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 43, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:625.
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 2024-03-27.
- 🙆 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.
Parent taxon: Legionella Brenner et al. 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Dennis PJ, Brenner DJ, Thacker WL, Wait R, Vesey G, Steigerwalt AG, Benson RF. Five new Legionella species isolated from water. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:329-337.
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Record number: 784126
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