Distribution of Legionella and bacterial community composition among regionally diverse US cooling towers

• Anna C. Llewellyn,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Laboratory Leadership Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States of America, Pneumonia Response and Surveillance Laboratory, Respiratory Disease Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States of America

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• Claressa E. Lucas,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Pneumonia Response and Surveillance Laboratory, Respiratory Disease Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States of America

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• Sarah E. Roberts,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Pneumonia Response and Surveillance Laboratory, Respiratory Disease Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States of America

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• Ellen W. Brown,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Pneumonia Response and Surveillance Laboratory, Respiratory Disease Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States of America

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• Bina S. Nayak,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Water Quality Division, Pinellas County Utilities, Largo, FL, United States of America

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• Brian H. Raphael,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Pneumonia Response and Surveillance Laboratory, Respiratory Disease Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2778-2623

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• Jonas M. Winchell

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: zdx2@cdc.gov

  Affiliation Pneumonia Response and Surveillance Laboratory, Respiratory Disease Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States of America

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