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The bacterium Legionella pneumophila is responsible for most cases of Legionnaires' disease. Outdoors, legionella bacteria survive in soil and water, but rarely cause infections.
[leâ³jun-elÂ´ah] a genus of gram-negative, aerobic rod-shaped bacteria, the cause of legionellosis. Species include L. micdaÂ´dei, the etiologic agent of Pittsburgh pneumonia, and L. pneumoÂ´phila, the etiologic agent of legionnaires' disease and pontiac fever.