Highlights
- Over several years of molecular and genome-based monitoring, Legionella isolates from different geographical locations were collected and 39 of them were sequenced.
- In addition they were typed by standard culture and MALDI-TOF.
- Four potential new species in the Legionella genus were identified, which still need to be characterised fully.
- This study assists in the understanding of the various non-pneumophila species and their potential to be pathogenic.