Complete Genome Sequences of Three Outbreak-Associated Legionella pneumophila Isolates

Shatavia S Morrison; Heta P Desai; Jeffrey W Mercante; Pascal Lapierre; Brian H Raphael; Kimberlee Musser; Jonas M Winchell

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00696-16

Complete Genome Sequences of Three Outbreak-Associated Legionella pneumophila Isolates

Genome Announc. 2016 Jul 21;4(4):e00696-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00696-16.

Authors

Shatavia S Morrison¹, Heta P Desai¹, Jeffrey W Mercante¹, Pascal Lapierre², Brian H Raphael¹, Kimberlee Musser², 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 Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA.
³ Division of Bacterial Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA jwinchell@cdc.gov.

Abstract

We report here the complete genome sequences of three Legionella pneumophila isolates that are associated with a Legionnaires' disease outbreak in New York in 2012. Two clinical isolates (D7630 and D7632) and one environmental isolate (D7631) were recovered from this outbreak. A single isolate-specific virulence gene was found in D7632. These isolates were included in a large study evaluating the genomic resolution of various bioinformatics approaches for L. pneumophila serogroup 1 isolates.