Use of Partial 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing for Identification of Legionella pneumophila and Non- pneumophila Legionella spp
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- 1 January 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 45 (1), 257-258
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.01552-06
Abstract
We examined 49 Legionella species, 26 L. pneumophila and 23 non- pneumophila Legionella spp., using partial 16S rRNA gene sequencing. This approach accurately identified all the L. pneumophila isolates, characterized all non- pneumophila Legionella isolates as such within this genus, and classified most (20/23; 87%) of the non- pneumophila Legionella isolates to the species level.Keywords
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