Comparative Genomics of Legionella pneumophila Isolates from the West Bank and Germany Support Molecular Epidemiology of Legionnaires’ Disease

Whole-genome sequencing of the clinical isolate of Legionella pneumophila ALAW1 from the West Bank allows high-resolution typing and determination of pathogenicity mechanisms

(2023) Ashraf R. Zayed et al.   European Clinical Respiratory Journal

Pan-kinome of Legionella expanded by a bioinformatics survey

(2022) Marianna Krysińska et al.   Scientific Reports

Cytotoxicity, Intracellular Replication, and Contact-Dependent Pore Formation of Genotyped Environmental Legionella pneumophila Isolates from Hospital Water Systems in the West Bank, Palestine

(2021) Ashraf R. Zayed et al.   Pathogens

Characterization of Legionella pneumophila Populations by Multilocus Variable Number of Tandem Repeats (MLVA) Genotyping from Drinking Water and Biofilm in Hospitals from Different Regions of the West Bank

(2020) Ashraf R. Zayed et al.   Pathogens

Biogeography and Environmental Drivers of Legionella pneumophila Abundance and Genotype Composition across the West Bank: Relevance of a Genotype-Based Ecology for Understanding Legionella Occurrence

(2020) Ashraf R. Zayed et al.   Pathogens

TYGS is an automated high-throughput platform for state-of-the-art genome-based taxonomy

(2019) Jan P. Meier-Kolthoff et al.   Nature Communications

Epidemiological information is key when interpreting whole genome sequence data – lessons learned from a large Legionella pneumophila outbreak in Warstein, Germany, 2013

(2017) Markus Petzold et al.   Eurosurveillance

IslandViewer 4: expanded prediction of genomic islands for larger-scale datasets

(2017) Claire Bertelli et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Multiple major disease-associated clones of Legionella pneumophila have emerged recently and independently

(2016) Sophia David et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Evaluation of an Optimal Epidemiological Typing Scheme for Legionella pneumophila with Whole-Genome Sequence Data Using Validation Guidelines

(2016) Sophia David et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Coming of age: ten years of next-generation sequencing technologies

(2016) Sara Goodwin et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

PHASTER: a better, faster version of the PHAST phage search tool

(2016) David Arndt et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Population structure and minimum core genome typing of Legionella pneumophila

(2016) Tian Qin et al.   Scientific Reports

Genomic Analysis Reveals Novel Diversity among the 1976 Philadelphia Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak Isolates and Additional ST36 Strains

(2016) Jeffrey W. Mercante et al.   PLoS One

Legionella species diversity and dynamics from surface reservoir to tap water: from cold adaptation to thermophily

(2015) René Lesnik et al.   ISME Journal

Whole-Genome Mapping as a Novel High-Resolution Typing Tool for Legionella pneumophila

(2015) Thijs Bosch et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

VFDB 2016: hierarchical and refined dataset for big data analysis—10 years on

(2015) Lihong Chen et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Evolution of New Functions De Novo and from Preexisting Genes

(2015) Dan I. Andersson et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Complete genome sequence of DSM 30083T, the type strain (U5/41T) of Escherichia coli, and a proposal for delineating subspecies in microbial taxonomy

(2015) Jan P Meier-Kolthoff et al.   Standards in Genomic Sciences

Prokka: rapid prokaryotic genome annotation

(2014) T. Seemann   BIOINFORMATICS

Real-time investigation of a Legionella pneumophila outbreak using whole genome sequencing

(2014) R. M. A. GRAHAM et al.   EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Comparison of the Legionella pneumophila population structure as determined by sequence-based typing and whole genome sequencing

(2013) Anthony P Underwood et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Comparative Genomics Reveal That Host-Innate Immune Responses Influence the Clinical Prevalence of Legionella pneumophila Serogroups

(2013) Mohammad Adil Khan et al.   PLoS One

A pilot study of rapid whole-genome sequencing for the investigation of aLegionellaoutbreak

(2013) Sandra Reuter et al.   BMJ Open

A tale of three next generation sequencing platforms: comparison of Ion torrent, pacific biosciences and illumina MiSeq sequencers

(2012) Michael Quail et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Ultra-high-throughput microbial community analysis on the Illumina HiSeq and MiSeq platforms

(2012) J Gregory Caporaso et al.   ISME Journal

Whole-Genome Sequence of the Human Pathogen Legionella pneumophila Serogroup 12 Strain 570-CO-H

(2012) F. Amaro et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

High-Throughput Typing Method To Identify a Non-Outbreak-Involved Legionella pneumophila Strain Colonizing the Entire Water Supply System in the Town of Rennes, France

(2011) D. Sobral et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Proteinortho: Detection of (Co-)orthologs in large-scale analysis

(2011) Marcus Lechner et al.   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

Extensive recombination events and horizontal gene transfer shaped the Legionella pneumophila genomes

(2011) Laura Gomez-Valero et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Investigation of the population structure of Legionella pneumophila by analysis of tandem repeat copy number and internal sequence variation

(2011) P. Visca et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Legionella pneumophila pangenome reveals strain-specific virulence factors

(2010) Giuseppe D'Auria et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Identification and characterization of a new conjugation/type IVA secretion system (trb/tra) of Legionella pneumophila Corby localized on two mobile genomic islands

(2007) Gernot Glöckner et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY