Multilocus sequence analysis for typing Leptospira interrogans and Leptospira kirschneri.
Fifty-three strains belonging to the pathogenic species Leptospira interrogans and Leptospira kirschneri were analyzed by multilocus sequence analysis. The species formed two distinct branches. In the L. interrogans branch, the phylogenetic tree clustered the strains into three subgroups. Genogroups and serogroups were superimposed but not strictly.
Leon
Albertine
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Frank Duncombe Laboratory, 1 route de Rosel, 14053 Caen Cedex 4, France.
Pronost
Stéphane
S
Fortier
Guillaume
G
Andre-Fontaine
Geneviève
G
Leclercq
Roland
R
D000818:Animals; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting / Q000379:methods*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007919:Leptospira / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D017421:Sequence Analysis; D012703:Serotyping
D004269:DNA, Bacterial