Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Legionella pneumophila in Rainwater on Roads

Ryota Sakamoto, Akira Ohno

, Toshitaka Nakahara, Kazunari Satomura, Suketaka Iwanaga, Yuuichiro Kouyama, Fumiaki Kura, Naoyuki Kato, Kozo Matsubayashi, Kiyohito Okumiya, and Keizo Yamaguchi

Author affiliations: Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan (R. Sakamoto, T. Nakahara, K. Satomura, S. Iwanaga, K. Matsubayashi); Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan (A. Ohno, Y. Kouyama, N. Kato, K. Yamaguchi); National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo (F. Kura); Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto (K. Okumiya)

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Repetitive-element PCR DNA fingerprints of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 isolates (lanes 1–5) from the same puddle of rainwater on an asphalt road in Tokyo, Japan. Lane M shows DNA reference marker sizes (New England BioLabs, Inc., Ipswich, MA, USA) in basepairs.

Figure 2. Repetitive-element PCR DNA fingerprints of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 isolates (lanes 1–5) from the same puddle of rainwater on an asphalt road in Tokyo, Japan. Lane M shows DNA reference marker sizes (New England BioLabs, Inc., Ipswich, MA, USA) in basepairs.

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