Premise plumbing bacterial communities in four European cities and their association with Legionella
IntroductionLegionella species are Gram negative, facultative, intracellular bacteria found in natural and engineered water systems.Understanding the bacterial interactions underlying the success of Legionella in aquatic environments could be beneficial for control.Materials and methodsWe aimed to profile, by 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing (V3-V