legionella birminghamensis legionella birminghamensis legionella birminghamensis is a gram-negative, non-spore-forming, aerobic bacterium from the genus legionella, which was isolated from a cardiac transplant recipient and from water near clermont-ferrand in france. it was named after birmingham, alabama. legionella birminghamensis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: gammaproteobacteria order: legionellales family: legionellaceae genus: legionella species: l. birminghamensis binomial name legionella birminghamensiswilkinson et al. 1988 type strain 1407-al-h, atcc 43702, bcrc 17042, ccrc 17042, ccug 31233 a, cip 103871, dsm 19232, gifu 11749, jcm 7559, kctc 12007, nctc 12437