Isolation of Legionella pneumophila from Pluvial Floods by Amoebal Coculture

Schalk, J.A.C.; Docters van Leeuwen, A.E.; Lodder, W.J.; de Man-van der Vliet, H.; Euser, S.; den Boer, J.W.; de Roda Husman, A.M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00131-12

Isolation of Legionella pneumophila from Pluvial Floods by Amoebal Coculture

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Isolation of Legionella pneumophila from Pluvial Floods by Amoebal Coculture

Schalk, J.A.C.; Docters van Leeuwen, A.E.; Lodder, W.J.; de Man-van der Vliet, H.; Euser, S.; den Boer, J.W.; de Roda Husman, A.M.

(2012) Applied and Environmental Microbiology, volume 78, issue 12, pp. 4519 - 4521

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Abstract

Viable Legionella pneumophila bacteria were isolated by amoebal coculture from pluvial floods after intense rainfall and from water collected at sewage treatment plants. Several isolated L. pneumophila strains belonged to sequence types that have been previously identified in patients.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00131-12

ISSN: 0099-2240

Publisher: American Society for Microbiology

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