| Legionella cincinnatiensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Legionellales |
| Family: | Legionellaceae |
| Genus: | Legionella |
| Species: | L. cincinnatiensis |
| Binomial name | |
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Legionella cincinnatiensis Thacker et al. 1989 |
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| Type strain | |
| 72-OH-0, ATCC 43753, BCRC 17047, CCRC 17047, CCUG 31230 A, CIP 103875, DSM 19233, NCTC 12438 | |
Legionella cincinnatiensis is a Gram-negative, nonspore-forming, aerobic bacterium from the genus Legionella which was isolated in Cincinnati from an open lung biopsy specimen from a patient who had hemodialysis because of an end-stage renal disease and suffered from bronchopneumonia.