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Table 3 Details of Legionella pneumophila strains used in the study

From: Comparison of the Legionella pneumophilapopulation structure as determined by sequence-based typing and whole genome sequencing

ST sequenced

BAPS cluster

Represen-tative ST

Strain

Reason for selection

Strain significance

Sequence source/technology

Mean Illumina read coverage

ENA accession number or reference

46

1

45

H093620212

closest to centroid

fairly common clinical strain - assumed to be virulent

NGS mate paired Illumina

169

ERR315646

74*

1

45

H053260229

second of cluster

fairly common clinical strain - assumed to be virulent

NGS 454

 

ERR315647

15*

2

15

Lens

already published

caused a big outbreak in France

GenBank (NC_006369.1)

 

[31]

84

2

15

H043940028

closest available to centroid

only one available from this cluster

NGS paired end Illumina

283

ERR315648

47

3

16

H063920004

internationally significant

in top six strains that cause disease

NGS 454, paired end Illumina and mate paired Illumina

paired end 211 mate paired 227

ERR315649

47

3

16

Lorraine

already published

in top six strains that cause disease

GenBank(NC_018139.1)

 

[23]

47

3

16

LP_617

already published

in top six strains that cause disease

EMBLBank(ERS166047)

 

[32]

54*

3

16

H065000139

closest to centroid

uncommon strain nothing known

NGS paired end Illumina

161

ERR315650

62

3

16

H064180002

internationally significant

in top six strains that cause disease

NGS 454

 

ERR315651

611

4

124

H090500162

only one in cluster

unique environmental isolate

NGS mate paired Illumina

276

ERR315652

87

5

17

LC6677

second of cluster

common serogroup 3 strain - does cause disease

NGS paired end Illumina

490

ERR315653

376

5

17

RR08000760

closest to centroid

unique environmental isolate

NGS mate paired Illumina

235

ERR315654

1*

6

1

Paris

already published

 

GenBank (NC_006368.1)

 

[31]

1

6

1

LP_423

already published

 

EMBLBank(ERS166048)

 

[32]

5

6

1

EUL00013 (83/41091)

on an interesting branch of ST001

only three in database - all from small outbreak in Glasgow

NGS mate paired Illumina

304

ERR315655

152

6

1

H074360702

closest to centroid

uncommon - mainly environmental

NGS mate paired Illumina

180

ERR315656

179

7

130

H093380153

closest to centroid

uncommon but causes disease

NGS paired end Illumina

32

ERR315657

337

7

130

RR08000517

second of cluster

uncommon strain appears to be phenotypically variable

NGS mate paired Illumina

161

ERR315658

42

8

14

130b (Wadsworth)

already published

in top six strains that cause disease - globally distributed. Isolated in USA in ~1980

GenBank (FR687201.1)

 

[33]

42

8

14

H044540088

internationally significant

as above but isolated in UK in 2004 - assumed to be virulent

NGS 454

 

ERR315659

44

8

14

H100260089

closest to centroid

similar to ST42 but not so common

NGS paired end Illumina

346

ERR315660

154*

9

12

LC677 4

closest to centroid

seen in Canada and UK as a cause of nosocomial LD

NGS mate paired Illumina

84

ERR315661

336*

9

12

Lansing-3 (sgp15TS)

second of cluster

Representative of L. pneumophila subsp fraseri

NGS paired end Illumina

150

ERR315662

23

10

19

H063280001

closest to centroid

in top six strains that cause disease

NGS paired end Illumina

265

ERR315663

78*

10

19

LC6451

second of cluster

unique strain - caused a major outbreak in Barrow in 2002.

NGS 454

 

ERR315664

51

11

2

Corby

already published/closest to centroid

uncommon but well characterised - virulent in animal model and protozoa

GenBank (NC_009494.2)

 

[34]

454

11

2

H091960011

second of cluster

unique environmental strain (from Roman baths in Bath)

NGS mate paired Illumina

268

ERR315665

578

11

2

Alcoy

already published

responsible for a very big outbreak in Spain

GenBank (NC_014125.1)

 

[35]

59

12

25

H070840415

closest to centroid

quite common environmental strain - a few cases of LD.

NGS mate paired Illumina

246

ERR315666

188

12

25

H075160080

second of cluster

no particular data

NGS paired end Illumina

298

ERR315667

36

13

9

Philadelphia

already published/closest to centroid

the type strain - well characterised caused the Philadelphia outbreak.

GenBank (NC_002942.5)

 

[36]

37

13

9

H034680035

internationally significant

in top six strains that cause disease

NGS 454

 

ERR315668

186

13

9

H044500045

second of cluster

unique clinical isolate

NGS paired end Illumina

375

ERR315669

34

14

34

RR08000134

closest available to centroid

no particular significance

NGS paired end Illumina

301

ERR315670

68

14

34

H074360710

second of cluster

no particular significance

NGS mate paired Illumina

179

ERR315671

707*

15

71

H091960009

only one in cluster

unique environmental strain (from Roman baths in Bath)

NGS paired end Illumina and mate paired Illumina

Paired end 136 Mate paired 50

ERR315672

  1. Asterisks designate strains that are likely to have plasmids based on the analysis described in the methods section of this manuscript. The sequence data described can be obtained using the European Nucleotide Archive accession number listed in the table.