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Legionella steelei sp. nov., isolated from human respiratory specimens in California, USA, and South Australia.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Aug 2012
Edelstein Paul H, Edelstein Martha A, Shephard Lisa J, Ward Kevin W, Ratcliff Rodney M
Abstract excerpt
Legionella-like bacteria were isolated from the respiratory tract of two patients in California, USA, and South Australia, but were not thought to cause disease. These bacteria, strains F2632 and IMVS-3376(T), were found to have identical Legionella macrophage infectivity potentiator (mip) gene sequences and were therefore further characterized to determine their genetic and phenotypic relatedness and properties....
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