Abstract: Methods for detecting Legionella (such as Legionella spp., Legionella pneumophila, Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1, Legionella bozemanii, Legionella dumoffii, Legionella feeleii, Legionella longbeachae, and/or Legionella micdadei) are disclosed. A sample suspected of containing one or more Legionella nucleic acids is screened for the presence or absence of that nucleic acid. Determining whether Legionella nucleic acid is present in the sample can be accomplished by contacting the sample with detectably labeled probes capable of hybridizing to a Legionella nucleic acid and detecting hybridization between the probes and nucleic acids in the sample. Detection of hybridization indicates that a Legionella nucleic acid is present in the sample. Also disclosed are probes and primers for the detection of Legionella, and kits that contain the disclosed probes and/or primers.

Abstract: Methods for detecting Legionella (such as Legionella spp., Legionella pneumophila, Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1, Legionella bozemanii, Legionella dumoffii, Legionella feeleii, Legionella longbeachae, and/or Legionella micdadei) are disclosed. A sample suspected of containing one or more Legionella nucleic acids is screened for the presence or absence of that nucleic acid. Determining whether Legionella nucleic acid is present in the sample can be accomplished by contacting the sample with detectably labeled probes capable of hybridizing to a Legionella nucleic acid and detecting hybridization between the probes and nucleic acids in the sample. Detection of hybridization indicates that a Legionella nucleic acid is present in the sample. Also disclosed are probes and primers for the detection of Legionella, and kits that contain the disclosed probes and/or primers.

Abstract: Methods for detecting Legionella (such as Legionella spp., Legionella pneumophila, Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1, Legionella bozemanii, Legionella dumoffii, Legionella feeleii, Legionella longbeachae, and/or Legionella micdadei) are disclosed. A sample suspected of containing one or more Legionella nucleic acids is screened for the presence or absence of that nucleic acid. Determining whether Legionella nucleic acid is present in the sample can be accomplished by contacting the sample with detectably labeled probes capable of hybridizing to a Legionella nucleic acid and detecting hybridization between the probes and nucleic acids in the sample. Detection of hybridization indicates that a Legionella nucleic acid is present in the sample. Also disclosed are probes and primers for the detection of Legionella, and kits that contain the disclosed probes and/or primers.

Abstract: Methods for detecting Legionella (such as Legionella spp., Legionella pneumophila, Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1, Legionella bozemanii, Legionella dumoffii, Legionella feeleii, Legionella longbeachae, and/or Legionella micdadei) are disclosed. A sample suspected of containing one or more Legionella nucleic acids is screened for the presence or absence of that nucleic acid. Determining whether Legionella nucleic acid is present in the sample can be accomplished by detecting hybridization between a Legionella probe and a nucleic acid in a sample. Also disclosed are probes and primers for the detection of Legionella, and kits that contain the disclosed probes and/or primers.