Identification of diaminopimelic acid in the Legionnaires disease bacterium.

Identification of the aspartate-beta-semialdehyde dehydrogenase gene of Legionella pneumophila and characterization of a null mutant.

The ability of Legionella pneumophila to cause Legionnaires' disease is dependent on its capacity to survive in the intracellular environment of its host cells. Furthermore, outbreaks of this disease have been associated with contaminated water sources where L. pneumophila survives as a parasite of protozoa. In this study, we determined the effect of nutritional auxotrophy on the ability of L. ...

Isolation and identification of Legionella spp. from different aquatic sources in south-west of Iran by molecular &culture methods

Legionella pneumophila, the causative agent of Legionnaires’ diseases (LD) is usually transmitted to humans via inhalation of aerosols from contaminated natural and manmade water sources. These organisms may become fatal especially in immunocompromised patients and LD is the one of the important disease from a public health perspective. This survey investigated the frequency of Legionella spp. ...

Cellular fatty acid composition of WIGA, a rickettsia-like agent similar to the Legionnaires disease bacterium.

The cellular fatty acid composition of OLDA, a rickettsia-like agent isolated in 1947, was essentially identical to that of the Legionnaires disease bacterium (LDB). WIGA, another rickettsia-like agent isolated in 1959, contained the same fatty acids as OLDA and other LDB but differed significantly from these strains in relative amounts of the major acids present. The major acid of OLDA and oth...

Identification of Putative Cytoskeletal Protein Homologues in the Protozoan Host <em>Hartmannella vermiformis</em> as Substrates for Induced Tyrosine Phosphatase Activity Upon Attachment to the Legionnaires' Disease Bacterium, <em>Legionella pneumophila</

Identification of a Gal/GalNAc Lectin in the Protozoan <em>Hartmannella vermiformis</em> as a Potential Receptor for Attachment and Invasion by the Legionnaires' Disease Bacterium