Legionella micdadei
| Legionella micdadei | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Legionellales |
| Family: | Legionellaceae |
| Genus: | Legionella |
| Species: | L. micdadei |
| Binomial name | |
| Legionella micdadei Hébert et al. 1980[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
| Tatlockia micdadei | |
Legionella micdadei is a Gram-negative bacterium from the genus Legionella, which stains acid-fast. It stains weakly, but loses this trait upon being grown in culture. Tatlockia micdadei is an alternative term for L. micdadei, the Pittsburgh pneumonia agent and TATLOCK strain.[2] It is named after Joseph E. McDade, who first isolated L. pneumophila.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Hébert, G. Ann; Steigerwalt, Arnold G.; Brenner, Don J. (1980-09-01). "Legionella micdadei species nova: Classification of a third species of Legionella associated with human pneumonia". Current Microbiology. 3 (5): 255–257. doi:10.1007/BF02601800. ISSN 0343-8651.
- ^ McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.