| legionella anisa: a new species of legionella isolated from potable waters and a cooling tower. | between march 1980 and june 1981, five strains of legionella-like organisms were isolated from water. four were recovered from potable water collected from hospitals in chicago, ill., and los angeles, calif., during outbreaks of nosocomial legionellosis. the fifth strain was isolated from water collected from an industrial cooling tower in jamestown, n.y. the strains exhibited biochemical reactions typical of legionella species and were gram-negative motile rods which grew on buffered charcoal-y ... | 1985 | 3985609 |