Legionella micdadei

Legionella micdadei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Proteobacteria
Class:	Gammaproteobacteria
Order:	Legionellales
Family:	Legionellaceae
Genus:	Legionella
Species:	L. micdadei
Binomial name
	Legionella micdadei; Hébert et al. 1980[1]
Synonyms
	Tatlockia micdadei; Legionella pittsburghensis

Legionella micdadei is a Gram-negative bacterium from the genus Legionella, which stains acid-fast. It stains weakly, but loses this trait upon being grown in culture. Tatlockia micdadei is an alternative term for L. micdadei, the Pittsburgh pneumonia agent and TATLOCK strain.[2] It is named after Joseph E. McDade, who first isolated L. pneumophila.[1]

References

Hébert, G. Ann; Steigerwalt, Arnold G.; Brenner, Don J. (1980-09-01). "Legionella micdadei species nova: Classification of a third species of Legionella associated with human pneumonia". Current Microbiology. 3 (5): 255–257. doi:10.1007/BF02601800. ISSN 0343-8651.
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[Hébert1980-1] Hébert, G. Ann; Steigerwalt, Arnold G.; Brenner, Don J. (1980-09-01). "Legionella micdadei species nova: Classification of a third species of Legionella associated with human pneumonia". Current Microbiology. 3 (5): 255–257. doi:10.1007/BF02601800. ISSN 0343-8651.

[2] McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.