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Brief Reports1 November 1980Flagella on Legionnaires' Disease Bacteria in the Human LungFRANCIS W. CHANDLER, D.V.M., Ph.D., BERENICE M. THOMASON, B.S., G. ANN HÉBERT, B.S.FRANCIS W. CHANDLER, D.V.M., Ph.D.Search for more papers by this author, BERENICE M. THOMASON, B.S.Search for more papers by this author, G. ANN HÉBERT, B.S.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-93-5-715 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptRecently, we observed flagella on several strains of the Legionnaires' disease (LD) bacteriumLegionella pneumophila, grown for 1 to 3 days on charcoal yeast extract (CYE) agar and examined by light and immunofluorescence microscopy (1). Flagella were also easily seen onLegionella micdadei(2, 3) (another name,Legionella pittsburgensis, has been proposed for this organism [4]),Legionella bozemanii(5) andLegionella dumoffii(5, 6) grown on CYE agar. Unlike Mueller-Hinton agar (7), CYE agar stimulates early profuse growth of the bacterium, a condition necessary for optimal flagellar synthesis (8). Because flagella were seen onL. pneumophilain vitro, we have...
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