Leptospira kmetyi sp. nov., isolated from an environmental source in Malaysia.

• Main Authors: Slack, Andrew T., Bejo, Siti Khairani, Symonds, Meegan L., Dohnt, Michael F., Galloway, Renee L., Steigerwalt, Arnold G., Bahaman, Abdul Rani, Craig, Scott, Harrower, Bruce J., Smythe, Lee D.
• 格式: Article
• 语言: English
• 出版: Society for General Microbiology 2009
• 在线阅读: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/25683/

A single Leptospira strain (designated Bejo-Iso9T) was isolated from a soil sample taken in Johor, Malaysia. The isolate showed motility and morphology typical of the genus Leptospira under darkfield microscopy. Cells were found to be 10–13 mm in length and 0.2 mm in diameter, with a wavelength o...