Isolation of Legionella pneumophila from Pluvial Floods by Amoebal Coculture

J.A.C. Schalk; A.E. Docters van Leeuwen; W.J. Lodder; H. de Man-van der Vliet; S. Euser; J.W. den Boer; A.M. de Roda Husman

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Isolation of Legionella pneumophila from Pluvial Floods by Amoebal Coculture

J.A.C. Schalk, A.E. Docters van Leeuwen, W.J. Lodder, H. de Man-van der Vliet, S. Euser, J.W. den Boer, A.M. de Roda Husman

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Viable Legionella pneumophila bacteria were isolated by amoebal coculture from pluvial floods after intense rainfall and from water collected at sewage treatment plants. Several isolated L. pneumophila strains belonged to sequence types that have been previously identified in patients.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4519-4521
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Volume	78
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00131-12
Publication status	Published - 2012

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