Legionella

Introduction: Legionella

Description of Legionella

Legionella: 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.
Source: CRISP

Legionella: 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.
Source: MeSH 2007

Legionella: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Legionella:

• Aerobic
• Motile
• Fast
• Gram
• Negative
• Bacilli
• Family
• Legionellaceae
• Metabolism

Terms associated with Legionella:

More specific terms for Legionella:

• Legionella pneumophila
• Legionella longbeachae

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Legionella

• Legionellaceae

Source - MeSH 2007

• bacteria

Source - CRISP

Other terms that may be related to Legionella:

• emerging infectious disease
• gram negative bacteria
• legionellosis

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Legionella

The following list attempts to classify Legionella into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Bacteria
  • Gram-Negative Bacteria
    • Gram-Negative Aerobic Bacteria
      • Gram-Negative Aerobic Rods and Cocci
        • Legionellaceae
          • Legionella

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Bacteria
  • Proteobacteria
    • Gammaproteobacteria
      • Legionellaceae
        • Legionella

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