Further determination of DNA relatedness between serogroups and serovars in the family Leptospiraceae with a proposal for Leptospira alexanderi sp. nov. and four new Leptospira genomospecies

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 839-858

  Brenner, Don J ^a   Kaufmann, Arnold F ^a   Sulzer, Katherine R ^a   Steigerwalt, Arnold G ^a   Rogers, Faye C ^a   Weyant, Robbin S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA relatedness; Leptonema; Leptospira; Leptospira alexanderi; Leptospira genomospecies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENOME; GROWTH INHIBITION; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA ALEXANDERI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID RENATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOSTABILITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEPTONEMA; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA ALEXANDERI; LEPTOSPIRA BORGPETERSENII; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIRA KIRSCHNERI; LEPTOSPIRA NOGUCHII; LEPTOSPIRA SANTAROSAI; LEPTOSPIRACEAE;

EID: 0032935785     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-49-2-839     Document Type: Article

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