Legionella micdadei Genome sequencing and assembly. Legionella micdadei

Legionella is a large, highly diverse genus of pathogenic bacteria that globally infect amoeba and human macrophages, where they cause a severe form of pneumonia known as Legionnaire’s disease. While Legionella pneumophila and Legionella longbeachae species are responsible for the majority of these cases, some have been attributed to the relatively unstudied Legionella micdadei. The full genomes of two clinical isolates of L. micdadei from New Zealand's north and south islands were sequenced in order to explore their pathogenicity and the genomic diversity of the Legionella genus.