Legionella birminghamensis

Legionella birminghamensis
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Legionellales
Family: Legionellaceae
Genus: Legionella
Species:
L. birminghamensis
Binomial name
Legionella birminghamensis
Wilkinson et al. 1988
Type strain
1407-AL-H, ATCC 43702, BCRC 17042, CCRC 17042, CCUG 31233 A, CIP 103871, DSM 19232, GIFU 11749, JCM 7559, KCTC 12007, NCTC 12437

Legionella birminghamensis is a Gram-negative, non-spore-forming, aerobic bacterium from the genus Legionella, which was isolated from a cardiac transplant recipient and from water near Clermont-Ferrand in France. It was named after Birmingham, Alabama.