''Legionella shakespearei'' is a
Gram-negative, weakly
oxidase
In biochemistry, an oxidase is an enzyme that catalyzes oxidation-reduction reactions, especially one involving dioxygen (O2) as the electron acceptor. In reactions involving donation of a hydrogen atom, oxygen is reduced to water (H2O) or hydro ...
-positive,
catalase
Catalase is a common enzyme found in nearly all living organisms exposed to oxygen (such as bacteria, plants, and animals) which catalyzes the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide to water and oxygen. It is a very important enzyme in protecting t ...
-positive
bacterium with a single polar
flagellum from the genus ''
Legionella'' which was isolated from a cooling tower in
Stratford-upon-Avon
Stratford-upon-Avon (), commonly known as just Stratford, is a market town and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon district, in the county of Warwickshire, in the West Midlands region of England. It is situated on the River Avon, north-we ...
in
England. ''L. shakespearei'' is named after
William Shakespeare because it was isolated in Stratford-upon-Avon.
International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology
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See also
* List of organisms named after famous people (born before 1800)
References
External links
Type strain of ''Legionella shakespearei'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Legionellales
Bacteria described in 1992
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