NCIt definition : A species of aerobic, Gram negative, rod shaped bacteria in the phylum Proteobacteria.
This species is motile, nonacid fast, nonencapsulated, nonfermentative, catalase positive.
T. micdadei is pathogenic only in immunocompromised patients, due to the decrease
in virulence factors in relation to other microorganisms of this genus, being the
causative agent of Pittsburgh pneumonia.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Legionella micdadei.;