RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Hilbi, Hubert A1 Buchrieser, CarmenYR 2022 T1 Microbe Profile: Legionella pneumophila - a copycat eukaryote JF Microbiology, VO 168 IS 3 OP SP 001142 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.001142 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1465-2080, AB   Legionella pneumophila   is an environmental bacterium that parasitizes aquatic protozoa and uses the same processes to infect humans. The facultative intracellular pathogen causes a life-threatening pneumonia with possible systemic complications. The co-evolution with protozoa is reflected in an armoury of bacterial effectors, and many of these type IV-secreted proteins have likely been acquired by interdomain horizontal gene transfer (HGT) from hosts. The unique features of   L. pneumophila   are the largest bacterial effector repertoire known to date, subversion of virtually all eukaryotic signalling pathways and acquisition of eukaryotic enzyme activities used to manipulate the host cell to the pathogen’s advantage., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/mic.0.001142