, 2020 Legionella pneumophila is one of the main risks of water systems. Thermal treatment is considered to be one of the main control measures for the presence of the pathogen in pipe water. Even though there are a number of studies focused on the thermal inactivation of the microorganism, there is not a mathematical model predicting the effect of ...
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Legionella pneumophila strain 130b evades macrophage cell death independent of the effector SidF in the absence of flagellin [PDF]
, 2017 International audienceThe human pathogen Legionella pneumophila must evade host cell death signaling to enable replication in lung macrophages and to cause disease. After bacterial growth, however, L.
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Sessile Legionella pneumophila is able to grow on surfaces and generate structured monospecies biofilms [PDF]
, 2010 Currently, models for studying Legionella pneumophila biofilm formation rely on multi-species biofilms with low reproducibility or on growth in rich medium, where planktonic growth is unavoidable.
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Optimizing production efficiencies of hot water units using building energy simulations : trade-off between Legionella pneumophila contamination risk and energy efficiency [PDF]
, 2019 The energy needed for domestic hot water represents an important share in the total energy use of well-insulated and airtight buildings. One of the main reasons for this high energy demand is that hot water is produced at temperatures above 60°C to ...
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Growth kinetics of environmental Legionella pneumophila isolated from industrial wastewater [PDF]
, 2020 Wastewater treatment plants are environmental niches for Legionella pneumophila, the most commonly identified causative agent of severe pneumonia known as Legionnaire's disease. In the present study, Legionella pneumophila's concentrations were monitored
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Phylogenetic analysis reveals an ancient gene duplication as the origin of the MdtABC efflux pump. [PDF]
, 2020 The efflux pumps from the Resistance-Nodulation-Division family, RND, are main contributors to intrinsic antibiotic resistance in Gram-negative bacteria. Among this family, the MdtABC pump is unusual by having two inner membrane components.
Górecki, Kamil, McEvoy, Megan M
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Current Research in Microbial Sciences, 2022 The intracellular pathogen Legionella pneumophila, as well as other Legionella species, utilize the Icm/Dot type-IV secretion system to translocate an exceptionally large and diverse repertoire of effectors into their host cells.
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Phagocytosis of Legionella pneumophila [PDF]
Journal of Medical Microbiology, 1990 In this review we consider both phagocytosis of Legionella by phagocytes of the animal defence system and their ingestion by actively feeding ...
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Influence of Metal Concentration and Plumbing Materials on Legionella Contamination
Microorganisms, 2022 Legionella colonization of water supply pipes is a significant public health problem. The objective of this work was to evaluate Legionella colonization in hotel hot water systems and to investigate the relationship between metal concentrations, piping ...
Anita Rakić +2 more
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Cluster of legionnaires’ disease in an Italian prison [PDF]
, 2019 Background: Legionella pneumophila (Lp) is the most common etiologic agent causing Legionnaires’ Disease (LD). Water systems offer the best growth conditions for Lp and support its spread by producing aerosols.
Cala C. +8 more
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