TABLE 2.

Legionella species and L. pneumophila serogroups and strains characterized by Southern analysis for the presence of the pilE_L locus

Legionella strain	pilEL locusa
L. pneumophila (serogroup 1) AA100	+
L. pneumophila (serogroup 1) E1778	+
L. pneumophila (serogroup 1) E1817	+
L. pneumophila (serogroup 1) F286	+
L. pneumophila (serogroup 1) F382	+
L. pneumophila (serogroup 1) F395	+
L. pneumophila (serogroup 1) F1056	+
L. pneumophila (serogroup 1) F1283	+
L. pneumophila (serogroup 1) Philadelphia 1	+
L. pneumophila (serogroup 2) Togus 1	+
L. pneumophila (serogroup 3) Bloomington 2	+
L. pneumophila (serogroup 4) Los Angeles 1	+
L. pneumophila (serogroup 5) Dallas 1	+
L. pneumophila (serogroup 6) Chicago 2	+
L. pneumophila (serogroup 7) Chicago 8	+
L. pneumophila (serogroup 8) Concord 3	+
L. pneumophila (serogroup 9) IN 23	+
L. pneumophila (serogroup 10) Leiden 1	+
L. pneumophila (serogroup 11) 797-PA-H	+
L. pneumophila (serogroup 12) 570-Co-H	+
L. pneumophila (serogroup 13) 82A3105	+
L. dumoffi NY 23	−
L. longbeachae Long Beach 4	−
L. gormanii LS-13	−
L. micdadei Rivera	−
L. wadsworthii 81-716	+
L. oakridgensis OR-10	+
L. feeleii WO-44C	−
L. sainthelensis Mount St. Helens 4	−
L. spiritensis Mount St. Helens 9	±
L. jamestowniensis JA-26-G1-E2	−
L. santicrucis SC-63-C7	+
L. cherrii O RW	+
L. parisiensis PF-209C-C2	+
L. erythra SE-32A-C8	−
L. hackeliae Lansing 2	−
L. israelensis Bercovier 4	−

^aThe presence (+) or absence (−) of a pilE_L locus as determined by Southern analysis is indicated.