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Legionella shakespearei sp. nov., Isolated From Cooling Tower Water

Usha K. Verma^1,, Don J. Brenner², W. Lanier Thacker², Robert F. Benson², Graham Vesey^2,, John B. Kurtz⁴, P. J. L. Dennis^3,, Arnold G. Steigerwalt², Jim S. Robinson^1,* and C. Wayne Moss²

¹Houseman Ltd., The Priory, Burnham, Slough SL1 7LS, United Kingdom
²Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia 30333
³Public Health Laboratory Service, Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research, Porton Down, Salisbury, United Kingdom
⁴Department of Virology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, United Kingdom

^* Corresponding author.

ABSTRACT

A Legionella-like organism (strain 214^T [T = type strain]) was isolated from a cooling tower in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. This strain required L-cysteine and contained cellular branched-chain fatty acids that are typical of the genus Legionella. Strain 214^T produced pink colonies on buffered charcoal-yeast extract agar. Ubiquinone Q-12 was the major quinone. Strain 214^T was serologically distinct from other legionellae as determined by a slide agglutination test. The results of DNA hybridization studies showed that strain 214^T (= ATCC 49655^T) is a member of a new Legionella species, Legionella shakespearei.

Present address: Thames Water Utilities, Spencer House Laboratory, Reading, Berkshire RG2 0JN, United Kingdom.

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