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Colony types and virulence traits of Legionella feeleii determined by exopolysaccharide materials.
FEMS microbiology letters - 1 May 2016
Wang Changle, Saito Mitsumasa, Ogawa Midori, Yoshida Shin-Ichi
Abstract excerpt
Legionella feeleii is a Gram-negative pathogenic bacterium that causes Pontiac fever and pneumonia in humans. When L. feeleii serogroup 1 (ATCC 35072) was cultured on BCYE agar plates, two types of colonies were observed and exhibited differences in color, opacity and morphology. Since the two colony types are white rugose and brown translucent, they were termed as white rugose L. feeleii (WRLf) and brown...
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