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

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Microbiology, January 2013
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Title
Detection limits of Legionella pneumophila in environmental samples after co-culture with Acanthamoeba polyphaga
Published in
BMC Microbiology, January 2013
DOI 10.1186/1471-2180-13-49
Pubmed ID
23442526
Authors

Lisa Conza, Simona Casati, Valeria Gaia

Abstract

The efficiency of recovery and the detection limit of Legionella after co-culture with Acanthamoeba polyphaga are not known and so far no investigations have been carried out to determine the efficiency of the recovery of Legionella spp. by co-culture and compare it with that of conventional culturing methods. This study aimed to assess the detection limits of co-culture compared to culture for Legionella pneumophila in compost and air samples. Compost and air samples were spiked with known concentrations of L. pneumophila. Direct culturing and co-culture with amoebae were used in parallel to isolate L. pneumophila and recovery standard curves for both methods were produced for each sample.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Portugal 1 2%
Netherlands 1 2%
United Kingdom 1 2%
Slovenia 1 2%
Spain 1 2%
Unknown 37 88%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 11 26%
Student > Ph. D. Student 10 24%
Student > Master 8 19%
Student > Bachelor 4 10%
Professor 2 5%
Other 6 14%
Unknown 1 2%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 16 38%
Environmental Science 6 14%
Medicine and Dentistry 5 12%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 7%
Immunology and Microbiology 3 7%
Other 6 14%
Unknown 3 7%

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 March 2013.
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#2,309,852
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#24
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