''Legionella tucsonensis'' is a
Gram-negative bacterium from the genus''
Legionella'' with a single polar
flagellum, which was isolated from the
pleural fluid of a renal transplant patient with
immunosuppressive therapy
Immunosuppression is a reduction of the activation or efficacy of the immune system. Some portions of the immune system itself have immunosuppressive effects on other parts of the immune system, and immunosuppression may occur as an adverse react ...
in
Tucson, Arizona.
Taxonomy Browser
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References
External links
Type strain of ''Legionella tucsonensis'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Legionellales
Bacteria described in 1990
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