Presence and Persistence of Viable, Clinically Relevant Legionella pneumophila Bacteria in Garden Soil in the Netherlands

Garden soils were investigated as reservoirs and potential sources of pathogenic Legionella bacteria. Legionella bacteria were detected in 22 of 177 garden soil samples (12%) by amoebal coculture. Of these 22 Legionella-positive soil samples, seven contained Legionella pneumophila. Several other spe...

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Published in:Appl Environ Microbiol
Main Authors: van Heijnsbergen, E., van Deursen, A., Bouwknegt, M., Bruin, J. P., de Roda Husman, A. M., Schalk, J. A. C.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2016
Subjects:
Environmental Microbiology
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4988192/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27316958
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00595-16
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