Legionella pneumophila strain 130b possesses a unique combination of type IV secretion systems and novel Dot/Icm secretion system effector proteins [PDF]
Legionella pneumophila is a ubiquitous inhabitant of environmental water reservoirs. The bacteria infect a wide variety of protozoa and, after accidental inhalation, human alveolar macrophages, which can lead to severe pneumonia. The capability to thrive
Beatson, Scott A. +13 more
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Development of a chemically defined liquid medium for growth of Legionella pneumophila [PDF]
Leo Pine +3 more
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Presencia de Especies de Legiomella en Reservorios Domiciliarios de Agua de Resistenca Chaco, Argentina [PDF]
: El género Legionella comprende especies que se encuentran en ambientes acuáticos, pero se deben incorporar a aerosoles e inhalar para producir enfermedad. Si bien la mayoría de los casos de neumonía son causados por L.
Liliana Silvina Lösch +5 more
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Factors Influencing Legionella Contamination of Domestic Household Showers
Legionnaires’ disease is a potentially fatal pneumonia like infection caused by inhalation or aspiration of water particles contaminated with pathogenic Legionella spp.
Deanna Hayes-Phillips +3 more
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Microbial Biosafety of Pilot-scale Bioreactor Treating MTBE and TBA-contaminated Drinking Water Supply [PDF]
A pilot-scale sand-based fluidized bed bioreactor (FBBR) was utilized to treat both methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) and tert-butyl alcohol (TBA) from a contaminated aquifer.
Hristova, Krassimira R. +3 more
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Susceptibility of Legionella pneumophila to Ultraviolet Radiation [PDF]
Stephen C. Antopol, Paul D. Ellner
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Background Because of a limited number of reports, we aimed to investigate the clinical characteristics of patients with Legionella pneumonia due to non-Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 and the diagnostic usefulness of the six-point scoring system for ...
Akihiro Ito +4 more
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Robert Koch, Creation, and the Specificity of Germs [PDF]
Microbiology is dominated by evolution today. Just look at any text, journal article, or the topics presented at professional scientific meetings. Darwin is dominant. Microbiology is dominated by evolution today.
Gillen, Alan L. +2 more
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Nutrient salvaging and metabolism by the intracellular pathogen Legionella pneumophila
The Gram-negative bacterium Legionella pneumophila is ubiquitous in freshwater environments as a free-swimming organism, resident of biofilms, or parasite of protozoa. If the bacterium is aerosolized and inhaled by a susceptible human host, it can infect
M. V. Fonseca, M. Swanson
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