Presence of Viable, Clinically Relevant Legionella Bacteria in Environmental Water and Soil Sources of China.

ABSTRACT: The distribution of pathogenic Legionella in the environmental soil and water of China has not been documented yet. In this study, Legionella was detected in 129 of 575 water (22.43%) and 41 of 442 soil samples (9.28%) by culture. Twelve Legionella species were identified, of which 11 were disease-associated. Of the Legionella-positive samples, 109 of 129 (84.50%) water and 29 of 41 (70.73%) soil were positive for L. pneumophila, which accounted for about 75% of Legionella isolates in both water and soil, suggesting L. pneumophila was the most frequent species. Soil showed a higher diversity of Legionella spp. as compared with water (0.6279 versus 0.4493). In contrast, serogroup (sg) 1 was more prevalent among L. pneumophila isolates from water tha

SUBMITTER: Zhan XY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9241679 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature