Bacterium
legionella
le·gion·el·la [ lee-juh-nel-uh ]
Subclass of:
Legionellaceae
Definitions related to legionella:
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A genus of Gram-negative aerobic, motile, nonacid fast, nonencapsulated, gram-negative bacilli that have a nonfermentative metabolism in the phylum Proteobacteria.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Any bacteria that is not assigned to the species level but can be assigned to the Legionella genus level.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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Gram negative aerobic rods, isolated from surface water, mud, or thermally polluted lakes or streams; it is pathogenic for man and it has no known soil or animal sources.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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Gram-negative aerobic rods, isolated from surface water or thermally polluted lakes or streams. Member are pathogenic for man. Legionella pneumophila is the causative agent for LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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