Legionella pneumophila is a Gram-negative bacterium that replicates within human alveolar macrophages by evasion of the host endocytic pathway through the formation of a replicative vacuole. Generatio
Legionella pneumophila, the causative agent of a severe pneumonia termed Legionnaires’ Disease, survives and replicates within both protozoan hosts and human alveolar macrophages. Intracellular surviv