Legionella feeleii

{{Short description|Species of bacterium}}

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| genus = Legionella

| species = feeleii

| authority = Herwaldt et al. 1984[https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/legionella LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de]

| type_strain = ATCC 35072, CCUG 16417, CIP 103877, DSM 17645, Goorman WO-44C, NCTC 12022, WO-44C[http://www.straininfo.net/taxa/5806 Straininfo of Legionella feeleii]

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Legionella feeleii is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium from the genus Legionella which was isolated from an automobile plant and which was held responsible for causing Pontiac fever in 317 workers.{{cite journal | vauthors = Herwaldt LA, Gorman GW, McGrath T, Toma S, Brake B, Hightower AW, Jones J, Reingold AL, Boxer PA, Tang PW | title = A new Legionella species, Legionella feeleii species nova, causes Pontiac fever in an automobile plant | language = en | journal = Annals of Internal Medicine | volume = 100 | issue = 3 | pages = 333–8 | date = March 1984 | pmid = 6696354 | doi = 10.7326/0003-4819-100-3-333 }}{{UniProt Full|Q49L36|IcmS}}[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q49L36 Uniprot] The organism did not grow on blood agar, required L-cysteine, and showed significant quantities of branched-chain fatty acids. More recently,{{cite journal | vauthors = Loridant S, Lagier JC, La Scola B | title = Identification of Legionella feeleii cellulitis | journal = Emerging Infectious Diseases | volume = 17 | issue = 1 | pages = 145–6 | date = January 2011 | pmid = 21192884 | pmc = 3204652 | doi = 10.3201/eid1701.101346 }} an unusual, extrapulmonary case was described in a 66-year-old woman admitted to Hopital Nord, Marseille, France because of a complicated cellulitis and an abscess on her right leg following a suspected insect or spider bite.

In 2024 a few dozens people have been infected by Legionella feeleii during a music party/live dj set in Bologna, Italy in a building that was filled with water vapor for the purposes of the party itself. According to different sources from around 60 to more than 100 people had the typical Pontiac Fever symptoms{{Cite web |title=Nessun virus: quella che ha colpito i clienti delle Serre era legionella |url=https://www.bolognatoday.it/cronaca/concerto-serre-giardini-margherita-legionella.html |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=BolognaToday |language=it}}{{Cite web |date=2024-12-07 |title=Bologna, contagiata alle Serre dei Giardini: "Febbre alta e malesseri come una mia amica, diagnosi di polmonite batterica. Sospetti? La macchina del fumo" |url=https://corrieredibologna.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/24_dicembre_07/una-ragazza-contagiata-alle-serre-dei-giardini-febbre-alta-e-malesseri-come-una-mia-amica-diagnosi-di-polmonite-batterica-d1708248-d4ea-44c1-870e-02a41fc5dxlk.shtml |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=Corriere della Sera |language=it-IT}}.