Biology:Leptospira broomii

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Short description: Species of bacterium

Leptospira broomii
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Spirochaetota
Class: Spirochaetia
Order: Leptospirales
Family: Leptospiraceae
Genus: Leptospira
Species:
L. broomii
Binomial name
Leptospira broomii
Levett et al. 2006

Leptospira broomii is a species of Leptospira isolated from humans with leptospirosis. The type strain is 5399T (=ATCC BAA-1107T =KIT 5399T).[1]

References

  1. Levett, P. N. (2006). "Leptospira broomii sp. nov., isolated from humans with leptospirosis". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 56 (3): 671–673. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63783-0. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 16514048. 

Further reading

  • Ko, Albert I.; Goarant, Cyrille; Picardeau, Mathieu (2009). "Leptospira: the dawn of the molecular genetics era for an emerging zoonotic pathogen". Nature Reviews Microbiology 7 (10): 736–747. doi:10.1038/nrmicro2208. ISSN 1740-1526. PMID 19756012. 
  • Levett, PAUL N., and DAVID A. Haake. "Leptospira species (leptospirosis)."Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. Edited by: Mandell GL, Bennett JE, Dolin R. Philadelphia: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier 7 (2010): 3059-3065. *Ricaldi, Jessica N., et al. "Whole genome analysis of Leptospira licerasiae provides insight into leptospiral evolution and pathogenicity." PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 6.10 (2012): e1853.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q16984402 entry