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. 2012 Jun;78(12):4519-21.
doi: 10.1128/AEM.00131-12. Epub 2012 Mar 30.

Isolation of Legionella pneumophila from pluvial floods by amoebal coculture

J A C Schalk  1 , A E Docters van Leeuwen, W J Lodder, H de Man, S Euser, J W den Boer, A M de Roda Husman
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Isolation of Legionella pneumophila from pluvial floods by amoebal coculture

J A C Schalk et al. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2012 Jun.

Abstract

Viable Legionella pneumophila bacteria were isolated by amoebal coculture from pluvial floods after intense rainfall and from water collected at sewage treatment plants. Several isolated L. pneumophila strains belonged to sequence types that have been previously identified in patients.

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