Draft Genome Sequences of Legionella Presumptive Novel Species Isolated during Environmental Surveillance in Artificial Water Systems

Luna Girolamini; Silvano Salaris; Massimiliano Orsini; Maria Rosaria Pascale; Marta Mazzotta; Antonella Grottola; Sandra Cristino

doi:10.1128/MRA.00307-21

Draft Genome Sequences of Legionella Presumptive Novel Species Isolated during Environmental Surveillance in Artificial Water Systems

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2021 May 13;10(19):e00307-21. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00307-21.

Authors

Luna Girolamini^#¹, Silvano Salaris^#¹, Massimiliano Orsini², Maria Rosaria Pascale¹, Marta Mazzotta¹, Antonella Grottola³, Sandra Cristino⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
² Laboratory of Microbial Ecology and Genomics of Microorganisms, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro, Italy.
³ Regional Reference Laboratory for Clinical Diagnosis of Legionellosis, Unit of Microbiology and Virology, Modena University Hospital, Modena, Italy.
⁴ Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy sandra.cristino@unibo.it.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

We present the draft genome sequences of three Legionella strains that were isolated from a hotel water distribution system. Legionella species identification was performed by macrophage infectivity potentiator (mip) and RNA polymerase β subunit (rpoB) gene sequencing. Whole-genome sequencing and average nucleotide identity results supported the hypothesis of new Legionella species isolation.