Legionella maioricensis
| Legionella maioricensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Legionellales |
| Family: | Legionellaceae |
| Genus: | Legionella |
| Species: | L. maioricensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Legionella maioricensis Crespi et al. 2023[1]
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Legionella maioricensis is a rod-shaped (typical for Legionella) bacterium belonging to the genus Legionella. It has a thin cell wall, is motile — can move using flagella and It needs L-cysteine for growth — a hallmark of Legionella species.[1][2]
It was first isolated from the hot water distribution systems of a hospital and a shopping center during routine sampling. Researchers isolated two Legionella-like strains (HCPI-6T and EUR-108). They have been characterized phenotypically, biochemically and genomically in terms of DNA relatedness. Both strains exhibited biochemical phenotypic profiles typical of Legionella species.[1]
Use of comparative genome sequence-based analyses (ANI - Average Nucleotide Identity and dDDH digital DNA–DNA Hybridization) which are genomic comparison tools and measure how similar the DNA of one organism is to another, demonstrated that the strains represent a new species of the genus Legionella. The strains are sufficiently different from all previously known Legionella species and represent the novel species, Legionella maioricensis.
References
- ^ a b c Crespi, Sebastian; Drašar, Vladimír; Salvà-Serra, Francisco; Jaén-Luchoro, Daniel; Piñeiro-Iglesias, Beatriz; Lindemann, Paul Christoffer; Aliaga-Lozano, Francisco; Fernández-Juárez, Victor; Coll-García, Guillem; Moore, Edward R. B.; Bennasar-Figueras, Antoni (17 January 2023). "Legionella maioricensis sp. nov., a new species isolated from the hot water distribution systems of a hospital and a shopping center during routine sampling". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 73 (1). doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.005686. ISSN 1466-5034. PMID 36748493.
- ^ Cristino, Sandra; Pascale, Maria Rosaria; Marino, Federica; Derelitto, Carlo; Salaris, Silvano; Orsini, Massimiliano; Squarzoni, Stefano; Grottola, Antonella; Girolamini, Luna (March 2024). "Characterization of a Novel Species of Legionella Isolated from a Healthcare Facility: Legionella resiliens sp. nov". Pathogens. 13 (3). doi:10.3390/pathogens13030250. ISSN 2076-0817. PMC 10975825. Archived from the original on 2024-10-30.