Detection of Legionella pneumophila in water and biofilm samples by culture and molecular methods from man-made systems in São Paulo - Brazil Detecção de Legionella pneumophila por métodos de cultivo e moleculares em sistemas artificiais de climatização de ambientes interiores em São Paulo - Brasil
Legionella pneumophila is a pathogenic bacteria associated to aquatic habitat of natural and artificial environments. Clinical cases of legionellosis have been reported in Brazil but there is a lack of information about the incidence and concentration of this bacterium in environmental sources. Thus...
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Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia
2007-12-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Microbiology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822007000400029 |