RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Verma, Usha K. A1 Brenner, Don J. A1 Thacker, W. Lanier A1 Benson, Robert F. A1 Vesey, Graham A1 Kurtz, John B. A1 Dennis, P. J. L. A1 Steigerwalt, Arnold G. A1 Robinson, Jim S. A1 Moss, C. WayneYR 1992 T1 Legionella shakespearei sp. nov., Isolated From Cooling Tower Water JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 42 IS 3 SP 404 OP 407 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-42-3-404 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A Legionella-like organism (strain 214T [T = type strain]) was isolated from a cooling tower in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. This strain required L-cysteine and contained cellular branched-chain fatty acids that are typical of the genus Legionella. Strain 214T produced pink colonies on buffered charcoal-yeast extract agar. Ubiquinone Q-12 was the major quinone. Strain 214T was serologically distinct from other legionellae as determined by a slide agglutination test. The results of DNA hybridization studies showed that strain 214T (= ATCC 49655T) is a member of a new Legionella species, Legionella shakespearei., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-42-3-404