Assessing bacterial contamination in environmental samples is critical in determining threats
to public health. The classical methods are time-consuming and only recognize species that …

Legionella pneumophila is a gram-negative bacterium that inhabits freshwater ecosystems,
where it is present in biofilm or as planktonic form. L. pneumophila is mainly found …

Edwardsiella species in aquatic environments exist either as individual planktonic cells or in
communal biofilms. These organisms encounter multiple stresses, include changes in …

In developed countries, legionellae are one of the most important water-based bacterial
pathogens caused by management failure of engineered water systems. For routine …

Legionella pneumophila is a gram‐negative bacteria found in natural and anthropogenic
aquatic environments such as evaporative cooling towers, where it reproduces as an …

Legionella pneumophila, an environmental bacterium that parasitizes protozoa, causes
Legionnaires' disease in humans that is characterized by severe pneumonia. This bacterium …

Piscirickettsia salmonis is the causative agent of Piscirickettsiosis, a systemic infection of
salmonid fish species. P. salmonis infects and survives in its host cell, a process that …

Abstract Background Legionella pneumophila (Lp) is a water-borne opportunistic pathogen.
In water, Lp can survive for an extended period of time until it encounters a permissive host …

Legionella pneumophila (Lp) is an inhabitant of natural and human-made water systems,
where it replicates within amoebae and ciliates and survives within biofilms. When Lp …

Legionella species are facultative intracellular pathogens that cause a life-threatening
pneumonia termed Legionnaires' disease. Legionella pneumophila employs the Lqs-LvbR …