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Sep 2026
Genomic divergence and phenotypic heterogeneity of Legionella longbeachae reveal a putative novel proinflammatory serogroup with genome reduction and mobilome expansion
ABSTRACT Legionella longbeachae is an emerging respiratory pathogen primarily found in soil environments, yet its genomic architecture and evolutionary strategies remain poorly characterized. Here, through pan-genomic and functional analysis of 242 L. longbeachae isolates, we reveal an open pan-genome driven by extensi...
Jun-Wei Xu, Yuan He, Xue-Fu Zhou et al.
· Applied and Environmental Mi... · 0 citations