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Leptospira fainei sp. nov., isolated from pigs in Australia.
International journal of systematic bacteriology - 1 Jul 1998
Perolat P, Chappel R J, Adler B, Baranton G, Bulach D M, Billinghurst M L, Letocart M, Merien F, Serrano M S
Abstract excerpt
Pathogenic leptospires can be causative agents of reproductive problems in pigs. Cultures of uteri and kidneys from two pigs herds in New South Wales and Victoria (Australia) yielded five strains identified as Leptospira on morphological and cultural grounds. Phenotypic characteristics (growth at 13 and 30 degrees C, growth in the presence of 8-azaguanine) were intermediate between those of pathogenic and...
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