Legionella cincinnatiensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
Order: | Legionellales |
Family: | Legionellaceae |
Genus: | Legionella |
Species: | L. cincinnatiensis |
Binomial name | |
Legionella cincinnatiensis Thacker et al. 1989 |
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Type strain | |
72-OH-0, ATCC 43753, BCRC 17047, CCRC 17047, CCUG 31230 A, CIP 103875, DSM 19233, NCTC 12438 |
Legionella cincinnatiensis is a Gram-negative, nonspore-forming, aerobic bacterium from the genus Legionella which was isolated in Cincinnati from an open lung biopsy specimen from a patient who had hemodialysis because of an end-stage renal disease and suffered from bronchopneumonia.