Diving Deep Into Hospital-Acquired Legionella pneumophila With Whole-Genome Sequencing.

The authors reflect on the study by S. David and colleagues regarding the use of the whole-genome sequencing (WGS) in the analysis of the hospital-acquired Legionella (L.) pneumophila. Topics discussed include the employment of the phylogenetic analyses through single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), the fitness of the clinical isolates within the whole-genome phylogeny, and the replacement of the entire standards for epidemiological investigations.