Complete Genome Sequence of a Legionella longbeachae Serogroup 2 Isolate Derived from a Patient with Legionnaires' Disease

Jan Haviernik; Krista Dawson; Trevor Anderson; David Murdoch; Stephen Chambers; Patrick Biggs; Simone Cree; Sandy Slow

doi:10.1128/MRA.01563-19

Complete Genome Sequence of a Legionella longbeachae Serogroup 2 Isolate Derived from a Patient with Legionnaires' Disease

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020 Jan 30;9(5):e01563-19. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01563-19.

Authors

Jan Haviernik^{1

2}, Krista Dawson³, Trevor Anderson⁴, David Murdoch³, Stephen Chambers³, Patrick Biggs⁵, Simone Cree³, Sandy Slow⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Virology, Veterinary Research Institute, Brno, Czech Republic.
² Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
³ Department of Pathology and Biomedical Science, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand.
⁴ Microbiology, Canterbury Health Laboratories, Christchurch, New Zealand.
⁵ Molecular Epidemiology and Veterinary Public Health Laboratory, Infectious Disease Research Centre, School of Veterinary Science, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
⁶ Department of Pathology and Biomedical Science, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand [email protected].

Abstract

Legionella longbeachae is the predominant cause of Legionnaires' disease (LD) in New Zealand. Although serogroup 2 (sg2) does not contain the most clinically significant strain, it is an important cause of disease. Here, we report the complete genome sequence of an sg2 isolate from a patient who was hospitalized with LD.