title: Isolation and classification of sixteen strains of saprophytic leptospires.
abstract: Sixteen strains of leptospires were isolated from surface water (14 in England and 2 in Italy) and were classified. They were all saprophytic, and nine of them belonged to known serovars: the others were found to represent new serovars within already known serogroups.
mesh_terms: D004739:England; D007558:Italy; D007919:Leptospira / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012703:Serotyping; D014871:Water Microbiology