Draft Genome Sequences of Legionella pneumophila JR32 and Lp01 Laboratory Strains Domesticated in Japan

Chinatsu Maita; Mizue Matushita; Torahiko Okubo; Junji Matsuo; Masaki Miyake; Hiroki Nagai; Hiroyuki Yamaguchi

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00791-16

Draft Genome Sequences of Legionella pneumophila JR32 and Lp01 Laboratory Strains Domesticated in Japan

Genome Announc. 2016 Aug 4;4(4):e00791-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00791-16.

Authors

Chinatsu Maita¹, Mizue Matushita¹, Torahiko Okubo¹, Junji Matsuo¹, Masaki Miyake², Hiroki Nagai³, Hiroyuki Yamaguchi⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
² Department of Microbiology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan.
³ Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.
⁴ Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan hiroyuki@med.hokudai.ac.jp.

Abstract

We report here the draft genome sequences of two Legionella pneumophila variant strains (JR32 and Lp01_666) originally derived from a Philadelphia-1 clinical isolate, domesticated in Japan, with distinct susceptibility to amoebae. Detailed genomic analysis will allow us to better understand Legionella adaptation and survival mechanisms in host cells.