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Species: | Leptospira interrogans |
Species code: | LEPIN |
Type: | Eubacteria |
Taxonomy: | Bacteria; Spirochaetes; Spirochaetales; Leptospiraceae; Leptospira (TaxID: 173)
[NEWT /
NCBI] |
Strain(s): | |
Genome: | 2 circular chromosomes of 4.3 Mb and 358 Kb |
Reference(s): | Ren S.; Submitted (MAR-2002) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases. |
Genome official sequence WWW site(s): | http://www.chgc.sh.cn/gn/ |
Other WWW site(s): | GIB (DDBJ) CBS |
Description: | Leptospira interrogans causes leptospirosis whose manifestations are
fever, headache, malaise, myalgia, ocasionnally meningitidis,
sometimes jaundice, renal insufficiency, anemia and hemorrhage of the
skin. Rarely lethal. Worldwide spread except in polar regions.
Contamination occurs through contact of the skin or mucous membranes
with contaminated water, soil or vegetation or through direct contact
with urine or tissues of infected animals.
Farm and pet animals, including cattle, dogs, horses and swine, rats and other rodents act as the normal carrier host; wild animals, including deer, squirrels, foxes, skunks and even reptiles and amphibians may be infected; |
Properties: | Number of membranes : 2 Presence of a flagella : Yes Number of inteins : 0 |
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