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  2. Legionella pneumophila - Wikipedia

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    Legionella pneumophila, the primary causative agent for Legionnaire's disease, is an aerobic, pleomorphic, flagellated, non-spore-forming, Gram-negative bacterium. [1] [2] L. pneumophila is a intracellular parasite that preferentially infects soil amoebae and freshwater protozoa for replication.

  3. Legionella - Wikipedia

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    Legionella is a genus of gram-negative bacteria that can be seen using a silver stain or grown in a special media that contains cysteine, an amino acid.It is known to cause legionellosis [3] (all illnesses caused by Legionella) including a pneumonia-type illness called Legionnaires' disease and a mild flu-like illness called Pontiac fever. [3]

  4. Legionnaires' disease - Wikipedia

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    Legionella spp. enter the lungs either by aspiration of contaminated water or inhalation of aerosolized contaminated water or soil. In the lung, the bacteria are consumed by macrophages, a type of white blood cell, inside of which the Legionella bacteria multiply, causing the death of the macrophage. Once the macrophage dies, the bacteria are ...

  5. AnkB F-Box - Wikipedia

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    AnkB F-Box is a protein excreted by Legionella pneumophila which contains a domain F-box. F-box proteins are involved in the ubiquitination of proteins targeted for degradation by the proteasome. AnkB F-box is a protein that assembles host cell polyubiquitinated proteins on the cytoplasmatic side of Legionella containing vacuole (LCV). [1]

  6. Agar - Wikipedia

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    Green tea-flavored yōkan, a popular Japanese red bean jelly made from agar A blood agar plate used to culture bacteria and diagnose infection. Agar (/ ˈ eɪ ɡ ɑːr / or / ˈ ɑː ɡ ər /), or agar-agar, is a jelly-like substance consisting of polysaccharides obtained from the cell walls of some species of red algae, primarily from "ogonori" and "tengusa" (Gelidiaceae).

  7. Porin (protein) - Wikipedia

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    Porins are beta barrel proteins that cross a cellular membrane and act as a pore, through which molecules can diffuse. [1] Unlike other membrane transport proteins, porins are large enough to allow passive diffusion, i.e., they act as channels that are specific to different types of molecules.

  8. CEO slaying suspect Luigi Mangione makes first federal court ...

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    Mangione faces charges in state and federal court in New York in the slaying of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

  9. Lysogeny broth - Wikipedia

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    LB medium bottle and LB agar plate Plate medium agar LB. Lysogeny broth (LB) is a nutritionally rich medium primarily used for the growth of bacteria. Its creator, Giuseppe Bertani, intended LB to stand for lysogeny broth, [1] but LB has also come to colloquially mean Luria broth, Lennox broth, life broth or Luria–Bertani medium. [2]