Legionella
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Broader Terms
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Related Terms
emerging infectious disease, gram negative bacteria, legionellosis
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Scope Note
gram negative aerobic rods, isolated from surface water, mud, or thermally polluted lakes or streams; it is pathogenic for man and it has no known soil or animal sources.
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Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)
- Person-to-person transmission has never been demonstrated, and Legionella is not a member of the bacterial flora of humans.
- However, new evidence suggests that another way of contracting Legionella is more common.
- Because Legionella is widespread in the environment eradication of the bacteria is impossible.
- Classification Higher order taxa: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Legionellales; Legionellaceae Species: Legionella pneumophila Legionella feeleii Legionella sainthelensi Description and Significance Legionella is related to the genus Coxiella.
- Because hotels limit the temperature of the hot water to keep from scalding guests, the Legionella is not killed.
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