any Gram-negative rod-shaped bacterium of the genus Legionella, including L. pneumophila, which causes legionnaire's disease
Word origin
C20: New Latin, diminutive of legion, as in legionnaire's disease
Examples of 'legionellae' in a sentence
legionellae
These samples, however, were all negative by the culture method for legionellae.
Giichiro Ohno, Takahiro Miyata, Kazutaka Yoshida, shinji Ohtani, Hiromitsu Kusagaya,Hiroyuki Yamamoto 2002, 'Microbiological study of the circulating bath system at Syowa Station', Antarctic Recordhttp://doi.org/10.15094/00009176. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
All samples contained varying amounts of the legionellae bacteria which are pathogenic for humans.
MARKÉTA PETROVOVÁ 2012, 'MICROBIOLOGICAL FINDINGS OF LEGIONELLAE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF FLAT GLASS: HEALTH RISKASSESSMENT', Ceramics-Silikátyhttp://www.ceramics-silikaty.cz/2012/pdf/2012_04_352.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Legionellae have also been isolated from human and veterinary clinical specimens, and their roles in disease are well-established.
R.F. Relich, B.H. Schmitt, H. Raposo, L. Barker, S.J. Blosser, M. May 2018, 'Legionella indianapolisensis sp. nov., isolated from a patient with pulmonary abscess',International Journal of Infectious Diseaseshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971218300250. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Legionellae are ubiquitous in aquatic environments, where they survive in biofilms or intracellularly in various protozoans.
Paul S Hoffman 1997, 'Invasion of Eukaryotic Cells by Legionella Pneumophila: A Common Strategy for allHosts?', Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseaseshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1997/571250. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)