Legionellales
Sign in to saveThe Legionellales are an order of Pseudomonadota ("Proteobacteria"). Like all Pseudomonadota, they are Gram-negative. They comprise two families, typified by Legionella and Coxiella, both of which include notable pathogens. For example, Q fever is caused by Coxiella burnetii and Legionella pneumophila causes Legionnaires' disease and Pontiac fever.
Species
ORDER
- KingdomBacteria
- PhylumProteobacteria
- ClassGammaproteobacteria
- OrderLegionellales
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- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Gammaproteobacteria
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- Legionella Plate 01.png
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- taxon name
- Legionellales
- topic's main category
- Category:Legionellales
- Gram staining
- gram-negative bacteria
- taxonomic type
- Legionella
- taxon author citation
- Garrity et al. 2005
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The Legionellales are an order of Pseudomonadota ("Proteobacteria"). Like all Pseudomonadota, they are Gram-negative. They comprise two families, typified by Legionella and Coxiella, both of which include notable pathogens. For example, Q fever is caused by Coxiella burnetii and Legionella pneumophila causes Legionnaires' disease and Pontiac fever.
Members of the order Legionellales can be molecularly distinguished from other Gammaproteobacteria by the presence of four conserved signature indels (CSIs) in the proteins tRNA-guanine(34) transglycosylase, lipoprotein-releasing system transmembrane protein lolE and tRNA (guanosine(37)-N1)-methyltransferase TrmD.
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