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Legionellosis Bacteria spreads in a distinct manner. Traveling from contaminated water sources into the air and into the human host via inhalation and lung entry. Buildings & Facilities partnering with Chemenergy know we provide total building protection from Legionella and understand the complexities of the disease and how it is transmitted.
Twenty-four of 58 known Legionella species have been implicated in human disease. These highly diverse and pleomorphic bacteria can be found in a variety of environments and are naturally occurring in freshwater and soil. As their life cycle typically involves endoparasitization and replication within host eukaryotes such as amoebae, Legionella possess mechanisms to infect human cells, notably macrophages.
Legionella can not grow in anything other than a water source where it thrives and grows in optimal conditions. Legionella Bacteria is naturally occurring and begins its growth in natural water sources such as lakes, rivers and streams. Buildings & Facility water sources become contaminated when bacteria passes through municipal treatment centers. Legionella can withstand Chlorine treatments, allowing the bacteria to infiltrate building water pipelines. Legionella can also grow and thrive in a building's water sources onsite even when no Legionella bacteria was passed on from the municipal treatment centers.
Twenty-four of 58 known Legionella species have been implicated in human disease. These highly diverse and pleomorphic bacteria can be found in a variety of environments and are naturally occurring in freshwater and soil. As their life cycle typically involves endoparasitization and replication within host eukaryotes such as amoebae, Legionella possess mechanisms to infect human cells, notably macrophages.
Legionella can not grow in anything other than a water source where it thrives and grows in optimal conditions. Legionella Bacteria is naturally occurring and begins its growth in natural water sources such as lakes, rivers and streams. Buildings & Facility water sources become contaminated when bacteria passes through municipal treatment centers. Legionella can withstand Chlorine treatments, allowing the bacteria to infiltrate building water pipelines. Legionella can also grow and thrive in a building's water sources onsite even when no Legionella bacteria was passed on from the municipal treatment centers.
