https://pixels.com/featured/1-legionella-pneumophila-tem-eye-of-science.html
Legionella pneumophila is a thin bacillus shaped bacterium with a single, polar flagellum that allow it to move around. L. pneumophila, a non-spore forming aerobic bacteria, infects freshwater and soil amoebae. The organism is 2×0.6 µm in size under normal conditions. In nutrient-deficient environments, it can become long and filamentous. This gram-negative cell wall bacteria have an envelope composed of branched-chain fatty acids and distinctive ubiquinone. The outer membrane is comprised of lipopolysaccharide, which is fully sequenced, and has features that have pathophysiological consequences.
https://www.nature.com/articles/ng1447
The genomic structure of all Legionella is currently under research. The genome of Legionella pneumophila is estimated to have approximately 3,503,610 base pairs (3027 genes). The genome is a circular chromosome with a 38% GC DNA content.
Watch the video above to learn how Legionella replicates inside amoebas and macrophages. Stop at 0:52, or keep watching to learn more about Legionella’s biofilm, preferred conditions, and how it is transmitted! 😁
Hey Puru,
I can definitely say that I have never heard of the Legionella Pneumophila bacteria. Since I am doing my blog post on a the HSV-2 virus, I did not do in-detail research on the structure of a bacteria (besides what we learned in the lecture). Great work!
-Jenny Kong
Hey Jenny,
Thank you for the feedback! I hope you enjoyed reading about the structure of bacteria. Check out my blog post on the Life Cycle of bacteria! I made a picture showing the bacteria at each phase 🙂
-Puru Patel
Love your blog, great information about the genome of Legionella Pneumophila. I think Legionella Pneumophila was one of the most sort after microbe at CDC. I couldn’t get over your amazing fun pictures at the beginning of your blog .Thumbs up.
It certainly is an interesting microbe! I hope you enjoyed the goofy pictures of me hahah. Thank you 🙂
thanks for your information
I found that site very usefull and this survey is very cirious, I ‘ ve never seen a blog that demand a survey for this actions, very curious…