title: Characterization of a new strain of leptospira isolated from surface water in India.
abstract: A new strain of Leptospira, isolated from surface water in India, is studied and classified. It shows, in the biological tests, a behaviour like that of saprophytic leptospirae; further serovar it represents a new serovar which we named poona.
mesh_terms: D002999:Clone Cells; D007194:India; D007919:Leptospira / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014871:Water Microbiology