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First Record ofLeptospira borgpeterseniiIsolation in the Amami Islands, Japan
- Source :
- Microbiology and Immunology. 50:429-434
- Publication Year :
- 2006
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2006.
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Abstract
- In 2003, a Leptospira survey was performed on Yoroshima Island of the Amami Islands located in the southwestern part of Japan. Seven Leptospira strains were isolated from the field rat Rattus rattus, which were identified as L. borgpetersenii by flaB sequencing, 16S rDNA sequencing and gyrB sequencing, and serovar Javanica was determined by a microscopic agglutination test. NotI-long restriction fragment analysis indicated that these isolates were genetically indistinguishable from an isolate from the Okinawa Islands. The present results suggest that L. borgpetersenii is migrating into the Amami Islands in Japan.
- Subjects :
- Leptospira
Serotype
Veterinary medicine
Immunology
Biology
bacterial infections and mycoses
Isolation (microbiology)
biology.organism_classification
16S ribosomal RNA
Microbiology
Rats
Restriction fragment
Leptospira borgpetersenii
DNA Gyrase
Phylogenetics
Virology
Direct agglutination test
biology.protein
Animals
Humans
Phylogeny
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 03855600
- Volume :
- 50
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Microbiology and Immunology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f0e300e6907bc7889f535d8428a10e8c