A phylogenetic analysis of Legionella
- 1 January 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Archiv für Mikrobiologie
- Vol. 135 (1) , 45-50
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00419481
Abstract
Four species of Legionella, L. pneumophila NCTC 11192, L. bozemanii NCTC 11368, L. micdadei NCTC 11371 and L. jordanis ATCC 33623 have been characterized by oligonucleotide cataloguing of their 16S ribosomal RNA. All four species are phylogenetically closely related, while no specific relationship could be detected with any other group of organisms investigated so far with respect to this method. At a low level of relationship legionellae are members of the broad group of purple photosynthetic bacteria and their non-phototrophic relatives, in which Legionella form an independant line of descent.Keywords
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