Complete Genome Sequence of a Legionella longbeachae Serogroup 1 Strain Isolated from a Patient with Legionnaires' Disease

Sandy Slow; Trevor Anderson; James Miller; Siddharth Singh; David Murdoch; Patrick J Biggs

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00564-17

Complete Genome Sequence of a Legionella longbeachae Serogroup 1 Strain Isolated from a Patient with Legionnaires' Disease

Genome Announc. 2017 Jun 15;5(24):e00564-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00564-17.

Authors

Sandy Slow¹, Trevor Anderson², James Miller³, Siddharth Singh⁴, David Murdoch⁵, Patrick J Biggs⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand sandy.slow@otago.ac.nz.
² Microbiology, Canterbury Health Laboratories, Christchurch, New Zealand.
³ Millennium Science, Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia.
⁴ Pacific Biosciences, Menlo Park, California, USA.
⁵ Department of Pathology, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand.
⁶ Molecular Epidemiology and Veterinary Public Health Laboratory, Infectious Disease Research Centre, Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.

Abstract

Legionella longbeachae serogroup 1, predominantly found in soil and composted plant material, causes the majority of cases of Legionnaires' disease (LD) in New Zealand. Here, we report the complete genome sequence of an L. longbeachae serogroup 1 (sg1) isolate derived from a patient hospitalized with LD in Christchurch, New Zealand.