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© Carmen Buchrieser, Marie-Christine Prevost
Legionella pneumophila et son flagelle, bactérie responsable de pneumopathie aigue grave. Bactérie de l'environnement , l'émergence récente de cette maladie s'explique par son affinité pour les systèmes modernes d'alimentation en eau comme les tours de refroidissement. Image colorisée.
Publication : Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Rapid detection and evolutionary analysis of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 sequence type 47

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Diseases
Organisms
Applications
Technique

Published in Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 30 Nov 2016

Mentasti M, Cassier P, David S, Ginevra C, Gomez-Valero L, Underwood A, Afshar B, Etienne J, Parkhill J, Chalker V, Buchrieser C, Harrison TG, Jarraud S,

Link to Pubmed [PMID] – 27915212

Clin. Microbiol. Infect. 2016 Nov;

OBJECTIVES: Legionella pneumophia serogroup 1 (Lp1) sequence type 47 is the leading cause of legionellosis in North-Western Europe but surprisingly it is rarely isolated from environmental samples. Comparative genomics was applied to develop a PCR assay and to better understand the evolution of this strain.

METHODS: Comparative analysis of 36 genomes representative of the Lp species was used to identify specific PCR targets which were then evaluated in silico on 545 sequenced genomes, and in vitro on 436 Legionella strains, 106 respiratory samples and three environmental samples from proven ST47 sources. Phylogenetic analyses were performed to understand the evolution of ST47.

RESULTS: The gene LPO_1073 was characterised as being 100% conserved in all 129 ST47 genomes analysed. A real-time PCR designed to detect LPO_1073 was positive for all 110 ST47 strains tested and agreed with culture and typing results previously obtained for 106 respiratory samples. The three environmental samples were also positive. Surprisingly, 26 of the 44 ST109 strains tested among 342 non-ST47 strains scored positive for LPO_1073. SNP-based phylogenetic analysis was undertaken to understand this result: the PCR-positive ST109 genomes were almost identical to ST47 genomes, with the exception of a recombined region probably acquired by ST47 from a ST62(-like) strain.

CONCLUSION: The genomic analysis allowed the design of a highly specific PCR assay for rapid detection of ST47 strains. Furthermore it allowed us to uncover the evolution of ST47 strains from ST109 by homologous recombination with ST62. We hypothesise that this recombination generated the leading cause of legionellosis in North-Western Europe.