Legionella spp

Greczek-Stachura, Magdalena, Feszterová, Melánia & Kania, Agnieszka, 2024, Occurrence of Legionella spp. in water samples from selected basins in the Lesser Poland (Southern Poland) and identification of the main serogroups, Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis Studia Naturae 9, pp. 129-138 : 133

Legionella spp . serogroups in the tested water

Using the Oxoid Legionella Latex Test , serotyping of randomly selected confirmed colonies of Legionella spp . was performed. The largest group, as many as 59%, was Legionella pneumpohila serogroups 2–14 (red), followed by 17%, the most pathogenic Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 (blue), 12% was a group of additional Legionella strains, i.e. L. longbeachae , L. bozemanae , L. dumoffii Brenner et al. , L. gormanii Morris et al. , L. jordanis Cherry et al. , L. micdadei Hébert et al. , L. anisa Gorman et al. (green). In 12% of the colonies tested, no Legionella spp . strain was detected using the test (yellow) ( Fig. 4 ).

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Fig. 4. Identification of major serogroups of Legionella spp. [%]; *L. longbeachae McKinney et al. 1982, L. bozemanae Brenner et al. 1980, L.dumoffii Brenner et al. 1980, L. gormanii Morris et al. 1980, L. jordanis Cherry et al. 1982, L. micdadei Hébert et al. 1980, L. anisa Gorman et al. 1985