Legionella pneumophilaSerogroup 1 Isolates from Cooling Towers in Japan Form a Distinct Genetic Cluster
- 1 December 2005
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Microbiology and Immunology
- Vol. 49 (12), 1027-1033
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1348-0421.2005.tb03699.x
Abstract
Thirty-one epidemiologically unrelated Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 isolates (10 from cooling towers, 10 from public spas and/or hot spring baths, and 11 from patients) were analyzed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and sequence-based typing (SBT) using 6 loci, flaA, pilE, asd, mip, mompS, and proA. The results of PFGE and SBT analysis indicated that all 10 isolates from cooling towers clustered into a unique type, which was distinct from strains of other environmental sources.Keywords
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