Draft Genome Sequence of Legionella pneumophila D-5864, a Serogroup 6 Strain

Shatavia S Morrison; Natalia A Kozak-Muiznieks; Scott Sammons; Lori A Rowe; Mike Frace; Jonas M Winchell

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01379-14

Draft Genome Sequence of Legionella pneumophila D-5864, a Serogroup 6 Strain

Genome Announc. 2015 Jan 8;3(1):e01379-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01379-14.

Authors

Shatavia S Morrison¹, Natalia A Kozak-Muiznieks¹, Scott Sammons², Lori A Rowe², Mike Frace², Jonas M Winchell³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Bacterial Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
² Biotechnology Core Facility Branch, Division of Scientific Resources, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
³ Division of Bacterial Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA zdx2@cdc.gov.

Abstract

Legionella pneumophila is the leading etiology of legionellosis infections in North America and Europe. Here we report the draft genome sequence of L. pneumophila D-5864, a serogroup 6 strain, which was isolated from a bronchial alveolar lavage specimen of a male patient from Arizona in 2009. Genes within the lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-biosynthesis region could potentially be determinants of serogroup specificity.