Comparative analysis of Leptospira strains isolated from environmental soil and water in the Philippines and Japan

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 601-609

  Saito, Mitsumasa ^a   Villanueva, Sharon Y A M ^a   Chakraborty, Antara ^a,d   Miyahara, Satoshi ^a   Segawa, Takaya ^a   Asoh, Tatsuma ^a   Ozuru, Ryo ^a   Gloriani, Nina G ^b   Yanagihara, Yasutake ^a,c   Yoshida, Shin Ichi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA; ANTI-MICROBIAL AGENT; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; FUKUOKA , JAPAN; METRO MANILA; NUEVA ECIJA , PHILIPPINES; PATHOGENIC SPECIES; PHILIPPINES; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETIC TREES; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RAINY DAYS; SLOW GROWTH; SOIL AND WATER; STRAIN VARIATION; WET SOIL;

ELECTROPHORESIS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RNA; STRAIN;

SOILS;

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENETICS; POLLUTION EFFECT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TYPE; VIRULENCE; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; LEPTOSPIRA; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHILIPPINES; PHYLOGENY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; JAPAN; LEPTOSPIRA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHILIPPINES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

JAPAN; PHILIPPINES;

LEPTOSPIRA;

EID: 84871854616     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02728-12     Document Type: Article

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