| characteristics of legionella pneumophila serogroup 2 strains by colony morphology. | the isolation rate of legionella pneumophila serogroup 2 from clinical samples is low. in 2007, we encountered the second case known to occur in japan. as the l. pneumophila serogroup 2 type strain, the kobe strain isolated in 1988, and the okinawa strain isolated from the present patient could not be differentiated using the usual biochemical and serological tests, we tried to achieve differentiation by observing colony morphology. in oxoid bcyealpha medium, colonies of the kobe strain develope ... | 2008 | 19050363 |
| repetitive element-polymerase chain reaction for genotyping of clinical and environmental isolates of legionella spp. | genotyping of legionella strains is important for the epidemiologic survey of legionnaires' disease infections. in this study, we investigated the potential of repetitive element-polymerase chain reaction (rep-pcr) for differentiating various isolates of legionella spp. we used 38 legionella pneumophila isolates (collected in clinics all over japan between 1980 and 2007), 19 environmental legionella anisa isolates (collected in okinawa, nara, osaka, and hyogo prefecture between 1987 and 2007), a ... | 2010 | 20727463 |