Survey of Legionella Species Found in Thai Soil

Table 1

Isolates obtained and their geographic distribution.

	Personal residence											Workplace
Area proximal to soil sample	Temple artesian well	Temple outdoor showers	Pump water	Vegetable garden	Tank water	Outdoor area; for dish washing	Pool	Front garden	Outdoor shower	Area behind house	Artesian well	Rice field	Sugarcane plantation	Lotus pond	Cattle pen	Cattle pasture	Orchard	Total
𝐿.𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑎^a				1		9					1	6			4			21
𝐿.𝑏𝑖𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔ℎ𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑛sis^a					1	2												3
𝐿.𝑏𝑜𝑧𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑒^a															6			6
𝐿.𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑎^a															1			1
𝐿.feeleii^a				1		1					16	1			4			23
𝐿.𝑔𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑖^a												3						3
𝐿.𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑠^a											5							5
𝐿.𝑝𝑛𝑒𝑢𝑚𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑎SG1^a						2												2
𝐿.𝑝𝑛𝑒𝑢𝑚𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑎non-SG1^a,b		1								3	11							15
L. quateirensis												4						4
L. quinlivanii												1						1
L. rubrilucens						1					1							2
𝐿.𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖^a						1												1
𝐿𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑎sp.ST24644^c															4			4
NovelNF𝐿𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑎spp^c				2	1	3			3		3	2			2			16
NovelBW𝐿𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑎spp^c					1	1	1					2						5
mip untypable								1				1			1			3
Total	0	1	0	4	3	20	1	1	3	3	37	20	0	0	22	0	0	115

aSpecies/serogroups previously associated with human disease.
^b𝐿.𝑝𝑛𝑒𝑢𝑚𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑎serogroups 3, 5, and 6 present among the seven isolates tested by direct fluorescent antibody testing.
^cPotential novel species queried against NCBI BLAST on June 29, 2011. NCBI accession numbers JN383394 to JN383418.
Serogroup (SG), nonfluorescent species (NF), and blue-white autofluorescent species (BW).