Draft Genome Sequences of Five Legionella pneumophila Strains Isolated from Environmental Water Samples

Kenta Watanabe; Haruo Suzuki; Ryo Nakao; Takashi Shimizu; Masahisa Watarai

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00474-15

Draft Genome Sequences of Five Legionella pneumophila Strains Isolated from Environmental Water Samples

Genome Announc. 2015 May 14;3(3):e00474-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00474-15.

Authors

Kenta Watanabe, Haruo Suzuki¹, Ryo Nakao², Takashi Shimizu, Masahisa Watarai

Affiliations

¹ Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan haruo@yamaguchi-u.ac.jp.
² Unit of Risk Analysis and Management, Hokkaido University Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.

Abstract

Legionella pneumophila is the causative agent of legionellosis. Here, we report the draft genome sequences of five L. pneumophila strains, Bnt314, Ofk308, Twr292, Ymg289, and Ymt294, isolated from environmental water samples. Comparative analyses of these genomes may reveal the survival mechanisms and virulence of L. pneumophila in the natural environment.