Molecular characterization of the first leptospires isolated from goats in Brazil

Two Leptospira sp. isolates were obtained by the first time from goats in Brazil and characterized by sequencing rrs, rpoB and secY genes, PFGE and typing with monoclonal antibodies. Both isolates are identical and belong to Leptospira santarosai. Analysis of the rrs and the rpoB genes sequences rev...

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Main Authors: Walter Lilenbaum, Frederico Kremer, Paula Ristow, Odir Dellagostin, Pascale Bourhy, Rudy Hartskeerl, Silvio Vasconcellos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2014-12-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
Subjects:
rrs
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822014000400050&lng=en&tlng=en