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LEPTOSPIRA YASUDAE SP. NOV. AND LEPTOSPIRA STIMSONII SP. NOV., TWO NEW SPECIES OF THE PATHOGENIC GROUP ISOLATED FROM ENVIRONMENTAL SOURCES
Leptospirose
Patogênico
Sequenciamento do genoma inteiro
Solo
Água
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Yale University. School of Public Health. Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases. New Haven, CT, USA.
Yale University. School of Public Health. Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases. New Haven, CT, USA.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Yale University. School of Public Health. Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases. New Haven, CT, USA / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Referência Nacional para Leptospirose. Laboratório de Zoonoses Bacterianas. Coleção de Leptospira. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Yale University. School of Public Health. Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases. New Haven, CT, USA / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil / Universidade Federal da Bahia. Instituto de Saúde Coletiva. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Bio-Manguinhos. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Yale University. School of Public Health. Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases. New Haven, CT, USA / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Yale University. School of Public Health. Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases. New Haven, CT, USA / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Yale University. School of Public Health. Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases. New Haven, CT, USA.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Yale University. School of Public Health. Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases. New Haven, CT, USA / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Referência Nacional para Leptospirose. Laboratório de Zoonoses Bacterianas. Coleção de Leptospira. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Yale University. School of Public Health. Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases. New Haven, CT, USA / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil / Universidade Federal da Bahia. Instituto de Saúde Coletiva. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Bio-Manguinhos. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Yale University. School of Public Health. Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases. New Haven, CT, USA / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Yale University. School of Public Health. Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases. New Haven, CT, USA / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Abstract
Four spirochetes (F1T, B21, YaleT and AMB6-RJ) were isolated from environmental sources: F1T and B21 from soils of an urban slum community in Salvador (Brazil), YaleT from river water in New Haven, Connecticut (USA) and AMB6-RJ from a pond in a horse farm in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). Isolates were helix-shaped, aerobic, highly motile and non-virulent in a hamster model of infection. Draft genomes of the strains were obtained and analysed to determine the relatedness to other species of the genus Leptospira. The analysis of 498 core genes showed that strains F1T/B21 and YaleT/AMB6-RJ formed two distinct phylogenetic clades within the 'Pathogens' group (group I). The average nucleotide identity (ANI) values of strains F1T/B21 and YaleT/AMB6-RJ to other previously described Leptospira species were below <84 % and <82 %, respectively, which confirmed that these isolates should be classified as representatives of two novel species. Therefore, we propose Leptospirayasudae sp. nov. and Leptospirastimsonii sp. nov. as new species in the genus Leptospira. The type strains are F1T (=ATCC-TSD-163=KIT0259=CLEP00287) and YaleT (=ATCC-TDS-162=KIT0258=CLEP00288), respectively.
Keywords in Portuguese
LeptospiraLeptospirose
Patogênico
Sequenciamento do genoma inteiro
Solo
Água
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