el_gato (E pidemiology of L egionella: G enome-b A sed T yping)

el_gato is a novel bioinformatic tool for performing Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS)-based Sequence-based Typing (SBT) of *Legionella pneumophila*. It addresses known challenges in traditional Sanger sequencing approaches by handling multiple and diverse allelic copies, providing accurate identification of sequence types (STs).