Legionella

See also: legionella

Translingual

Wikispecies

Etymology

English legion +‎ -ella, from Latin legio. Named after the American Legion: an outbreak of pneumonia among those attending an American Legion convention first brought the legionella organisms to scientific attention.

Proper noun

Legionella f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Legionellaceae – a Gram-negative bacteria, including the species that causes Legionnaires' disease.
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