Characterization of the First Cultured Psychrotolerant Representative of Legionella from Antarctica Reveals Its Unique Genome Structure

This study characterized a unique cultivated representative of the genus Legionella isolated from an Antarctic lake. This psychrotolerant strain had some common properties of known Legionella species but also displayed other characteristics, such as plasticity in fatty acid composition and an enrich...

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Published in:Microbiology Spectrum
Main Authors: Shimada, Sho, Nakai, Ryosuke, Aoki, Kotaro, Kudoh, Sakae, Imura, Satoshi, Shimoeda, Norifumi, Ohno, Giichiro, Watanabe, Kentaro, Miyazaki, Yasunari, Ishii, Yoshikazu, Tateda, Kazuhiro
Other Authors: Santos, Adriana Lopes dos, National Institute of Polar Research, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2021
Subjects:
Infectious Diseases
Cell Biology
Microbiology (medical)
Genetics
General Immunology and Microbiology
Ecology
Physiology
Antarctic
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.00424-21
https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/Spectrum.00424-21
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Summary:This study characterized a unique cultivated representative of the genus Legionella isolated from an Antarctic lake. This psychrotolerant strain had some common properties of known Legionella species but also displayed other characteristics, such as plasticity in fatty acid composition and an enrichment of mobile genes in the genome.

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