legionella in English

noun
1
the bacterium that causes legionnaires' disease, flourishing in air conditioning and central heating systems.
The disease kills one in 10 of those who contract it and is caused by legionella bacteria.

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1. Product-type 11: for control of Legionella in cooling tower water

2. Legionella pneumophila is known as the causative agent of Legionnaires' disease and free-living Amoebae (FLA) can serve as vehicles for legionellae

3. For members of genus $i(Legionella )a filter impregnated with activated charcoal may be employed for detection and culturing.

4. Roxithromycin has similar antimicrobial spectrum as erythromycin, but is more effective against certain gram-negative bacteria, particularly Legionella pneumophila.

5. Routine Biocide application is a standard treatment of cooling tower water, to ensure that bacteria are under control and the potential for Legionella is minimized

6. Researchers were able to identify 11 different types of vesicle-like structures and developed protocols to characterise them.A co-culture was set up between the most common environmental amoebae and a genetically modified strain of Legionella pneumophila which glows green, thereby facilitating its detection.