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Legionnaire Disease
Study data from N. Wery and colleagues update understanding of legionnaire disease
July 8th, 2008
According to recent research from Narbonne, France, "The dynamics of Legionella spp. and of dominant bacteria were investigated in water from a cooling tower plant over a 9-month period which included several weeks when Legionella pneumophila proliferated. The structural diversity of both the bacteria and the Legionella spp. was monitored by a fingerprint technique, single-strand conformation polymorphism, and Legionella spp. and L. pneumophila were quantified by real-time quantitative PCR." "The structure of the bacterial community did not change over time, but it was perturbed periodically by chemical treatment or biofilm detachment. In contrast, the structure of the...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-07-08)
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