Legionella oakridgensis RV-2-2007 Genome sequencing and assembly. Legionella oakridgensis RV-2-2007

L. oakridgensis was choosen for comparative analysis, since L. oakridgensis is far less pathogenic than L. pneumophila, but is still able to infect humans. Unlike all other Legionella species, L. oakridgensis is able to grow in media without additional cysteine and is, in contrast to the L. pneumophila strains, non-flagellated. For comparative analysis, we sequenced the genome of L. oakridgensis type strain ATCC 33761 and the nearly complete genome sequence of L. oakridgensis RV-2-2007 (cooling tower isolate, England).