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Table 1 Table 1 Percentage and no. of samples from wich Legionella spp. were recovered by culture and co-culture

From: Detection limits of Legionella pneumophila in environmental samples after co-culture with Acanthamoeba polyphaga

 

Compost (n = 88)

Air (n = 23)

 

Culture

Co-culture

Culture

Co-culture

Lp2-15

60.2% (53)

55.7% (49)

-

39.1% (9)

Lp1

25% (22)

11.4% (10)

-

8.7% (2)

Lp

6.8% (6)

3.4% (3)

-

-

L. bozemanii

39.8% (35)

6.8% (6)

-

4.3% (1)

L. londiniensis

26.1% (23)

-

-

-

L. micdadei

12.5% (11)

1.1% (1)

-

-

L. oakridgensis

11.4% (10)

-

-

-

L. feeleii

3.4% (3)

2.3% (2)

-

-

L. jamestowniensis

2.3% (2)

-

-

-

L. birminghamensis

1.1% (1)

-

-

-

L. cincinnatiensis

1.1% (1)

-

-

-

L. sainthelensis

1.1% (1)

-

-

-

L. longbeachae

-

1.1% (1)

-

-

  1. Lp1: L. pneumophila serogroup 1; Lp2-15: L. pneumophila serogroups 2–15. Lspp: undetermined Legionella species.