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    Leptospira (from Ancient Greek λεπτός (leptós) 'fine, thin, narrow, etc.', and Latin spira 'coil') is a genus of spirochaete bacteria, including a small...
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    Leptospirosis is a blood infection caused by the bacteria Leptospira that can infect humans, dogs, rodents and many other wild and domesticated animals...
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    Leptospira interrogans is a species of obligate aerobic spirochaete bacteria shaped like a corkscrew with hooked and spiral ends. L. interrogans is mainly...
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  • Leptospira borgpetersenii is a pathogenic species of Leptospira. Yasuda, P. H.; Steigerwalt, A. G.; Sulzer, K. R.; Kaufmann, A. F.; Rogers, F.; Brenner...
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  • Leptospira noguchii is a gram-negative, pathogenic organism named for Japanese bacteriologist Dr. Hideyo Noguchi who named the genus Leptospira. L. noguchii...
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  • Leptospira alexanderi is a species of Leptospira. Its type strain is strain L 60T (= ATCC 700520T). Brenner, D. J.; Kaufmann, A. F.; Sulzer, K. R.; Steigerwalt...
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  • Leptospira biflexa is a spirochaete bacterium in the genus Leptospira and was the first saprophytic Leptospira genome to be sequenced. Leptospira biflexa...
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  • Leptospira broomii is a species of Leptospira isolated from humans with leptospirosis. The type strain is 5399T (=ATCC BAA-1107T =KIT 5399T). Levett,...
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  • Leptospira santarosai is a pathogenic species of Leptospira. Yasuda, P. H.; Steigerwalt, A. G.; Sulzer, K. R.; Kaufmann, A. F.; Rogers, F.; Brenner, D...
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  • Leptospira kirschneri is a Gram negative, obligate aerobe species of spirochete bacteria named for University of Otago bacteriologist Dr. Leopold Kirschner...
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  • Leptospira fainei is a pathogenic species of Leptospira, first isolated from pigs in Australia and named for University of Otago and Monash University...
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  • Leptospira inadai is a pathogenic species of Leptospira. Yasuda, P. H.; Steigerwalt, A. G.; Sulzer, K. R.; Kaufmann, A. F.; Rogers, F.; Brenner, D. J...
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  • Leptospira meyeri is a saprophytic species of Leptospira. Yasuda, P. H.; Steigerwalt, A. G.; Sulzer, K. R.; Kaufmann, A. F.; Rogers, F.; Brenner, D. J...
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  • Leptospira alstonii is a gram negative, mobile, spirochete. It is flexible, helical, and motile by means of two periplasmic flagella (axial fibrils). It...
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  • Leptospira weilii is a pathogenic species of Leptospira. Yasuda, P. H.; Steigerwalt, A. G.; Sulzer, K. R.; Kaufmann, A. F.; Rogers, F.; Brenner, D. J...
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  • Leptospira wolffii is a gram negative aerobic bacterium in the spirochaete phylum. The species named after Dutch bacteriologist Jan Willem Wolff. As with...
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  • Leptospira wolbachii is a saprophytic species of Leptospira. Yasuda, P. H.; Steigerwalt, A. G.; Sulzer, K. R.; Kaufmann, A. F.; Rogers, F.; Brenner, D...
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  • Lactobacillus casei Lactococcus lactis Legionella pneumophila Leptospira interrogans Leptospira noguchii Listeria monocytogenes Methanobacterium extroquens...
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    for infection with the spirochaete Leptospira interrogans did not find any infected animals, suggesting that Leptospira prevalence rates on the Faroe Islands...
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    bacterial and fermentative processes known as retting. Denitrifying bacteria Leptospira Purple bacteria (both sulfur and non-sulfur) Asian swamp eel Lepisosteidae...
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    histolytica – an amoeba that is the cause of amoebiasis, or amoebic dysentery Leptospira – a zoonotic bacteria that causes leptospirosis Methicillin-resistant...
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    Small Indian mongooses in northern Okinawa Island were infected with Leptospira and antibiotic-resistant strains of Escherichia coli. The small Indian...
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    fever in humans. Additionally, vector competence for the transmission of Leptospira pomona, the agent of canine jaundice, has been demonstrated in a laboratory...
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  • using dark field microscopy or Warthin–Starry stain. Examples include: Leptospira species, which cause leptospirosis. Borrelia species, such as Borrelia...
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    prevalent diseases. Pathogenic members of this phylum include the following: Leptospira species, which causes leptospirosis Borrelia burgdorferi, B. mayonii,...
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    benign, pre-malignant or malignant. Leptospirosis, an infection with Leptospira, can cause conjunctival suffusion, which is characterized by chemosis...
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    Leptospiraceae are a family of spirochete bacteria. It includes the genus Leptospira which contains some pathogenic species. The currently accepted taxonomy...
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    Aeromonas hydrophila, Burkholderia pseudomallei causing melioidosis, leptospira interrogans causing leptospirosis, and chromobacterium violaceum. Fungal...
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    Herpes simplex virus Mumps Varicella-zoster virus Bacteria Legionella Leptospira Mycoplasma Salmonella Fungi Aspergillus Parasites Ascaris Cryptosporidium...
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    these are Bordetella bronchiseptica, one of the causes of kennel cough, Leptospira sp, which cause leptospirosis, and Brucella canis, cause of brucellosis...
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