Classification of Leptospira genomospecies 1, 3, 4 and 5 as Leptospira alstonii sp. nov., Leptospira vanthielii sp. nov., Leptospira terpstrae sp. nov. and Leptospira yanagawae sp. nov., respectively

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue PART 5, 2013, Pages 1859-1862

  Smythe, L ^a   Adler, B ^b   Hartskeerl, R A ^c   Galloway, R L ^d   Turenne, C Y ^e   Levett, P N ^e  

^a QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

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

^e Saskatchewan Disease Control Laboratory   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; GENOME; HYBRIDIZATION; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA ALSTONII; LEPTOSPIRA TERPSTRAE; LEPTOSPIRA VANTHIELII; LEPTOSPIRA YANAGAWAE; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMY;

EID: 84877848817     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.047324-0     Document Type: Article

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