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Hoke, D.E.; Egan, S.; Cullen, P.A.; Adler, B.; Infect. Immun. 2008, 76(5), 2063-2069. LipL32 is an extracellular matrix-interacting protein of Leptospira spp. and Pseudoalteromonas tunicata.
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Pavan, M.E.; Cairó, F.; Brihuega, B.; Samartino, L.; Comp. Immunol. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 2008, 31(1), 37-45. Multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) of Leptospira interrogans serovar Pomona from Argentina reveals four new genotypes.
[PubMed]
Picardeau, M.; Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008, 74(1), 319-322. Conjugative transfer between Escherichia coli and Leptospira spp. as a new genetic tool.
[PubMed]
Picardeau, M.; Bulach, D.M.; Bouchier, C.; Zuerner, R.L.; Zidane, N.; Wilson, P.J.; Creno, S.; Kuczek, E.S.; Bommezzadri, S.; Davis, J.C.; McGrath, A.; Johnson, M.J.; Boursaux-Eude, C.; Seemann, T.; Rouy, Z.; Coppel, R.L.; Rood, J.I.; Lajus, A.; Davies, J.K.; Médigue, C.; Adler, B.; PLoS ONE 2008, 3(2), e1607. Genome sequence of the saprophyte Leptospira biflexa provides insights into the evolution of Leptospira and the pathogenesis of leptospirosis.
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2007
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Alvarez-Venegas, R.; Sadder, M.; Tikhonov, A.; Avramova, Z.; Mol. Biol. Evol. 2007, 24(2), 482-497. Origin of the bacterial SET domain genes: vertical or horizontal?
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Amutha, R.; Chaudhury, P.; Garg, A.P.; Vasan, P.; Cheema, P.S.; Srivastava, S.K.; Vet. Res. Commun. 2007, 31(5), 513-519. Cloning and sequence analysis of the gene encoding LipL32 of Leptospira interrogans serovar sejroe.
[PubMed]
Asuthkar, S.; Velineni, S.; Stadlmann, J.; Altmann, F.; Sritharan, M.; Infect Immun. 2007, 75(9), 4582-4591. Expression and characterisation of an iron-regulated hemin-binding protein (LhbpA) from Leptospira interrogans serovar Lai.
[PubMed]
Blasi, E.; Ardizzoni, A.; Colombari, B.; Neglia, R.; Baschieri, C.; Peppoloni, S.; Cinco, M.; Microb. Pathog. 2007, 42(2-3), 80-87. NF-kB activation and p38 phosphorilation in microglial cells infected with Leptospira or exposed to partially purified leptospiral lipoproteins.
[PubMed]
Bourhy, P.; Salaun, L.; Lajus, A.; Medigue, C.; Boursaux-Eude, C.; Picardeau, M.; Infect. Immun. 2007, 75(2), 677-683. A genomic island of the pathogen Leptospira interrogans serovar Lai can excise from its chromosome.
[PubMed]
Cheemaa, P.S.; Srivastava, S.K.; Amutha, R.; Singh, S.; Singh, H.; Sandey, M.; Indian J. Exp. Biol. 2007, 45(6), 568-573. Detection of pathogenic leptospires in animals by PCR based on lipL21 and lipL32 genes.
[PubMed]
Cheemaa, P.S.; Srivastava, S.K.; Chaudhuri, P.; Amutha, R.; Singh, S.; Sankar, M.; Thangapandian, E.; Vet. Res. Commun. 2007, 31(5), 521-527. Cloning and sequencing of a 21 kDa outer membrane protein gene of Leptospira interrogans serovar Canicola strain Hond Utrecht IV.
[PubMed]
Choy, H.A.; Kelley, M.M.; Chen, T.L.; Moller, A.K.; Matsunaga, J.; Haake, D.A.; Infect. Immun. 2007, 75(5), 2441-2450. Physiological osmotic induction of Leptospira interrogans adhesion: LigA and LigB bind extracellular matrix proteins and fibrinogen.
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Coutinho, M.L.; Vasconcellos, F.A.; Fernandes, C.P.; Seyffert, N.; Seixas, F.K.; Ko, A.I.; Dellagostin, O.A.; Aleixo, J.A.; J. Immunoassay Immunochem. 2007, 28(3), 279-288. Evaluation of the anti-LipL32 monoclonal antibodies potential for use in leptospirosis immunodiagnostic tests.
[PubMed]
Croda, J.; Ramos, J.G.; Matsunaga, J.; Queiroz, A.; Homma, A.; Riley, L.W.; Haake, D.A.; Reis, M.G.; Ko, A.I.; J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007, 45(5), 1528-1534. Leptospira immunoglobulin-like proteins as a serodiagnostic marker for acute leptospirosis.
[PubMed]
Dey, S.; Mohan, C.M.; Ramadass, P.; Nachimuthu, K.; Vet. Res. Commun. 2007, 31(5), 509-511. Phylogenetic analysis of LipL32 gene sequence of different pathogenic serovars of Leptospira.
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Dolhnikoff, M.; Mauad, T.; Bethlem, E.P.; Carvalho, C.R.; Braz. J. Infect. Dis. 2007, 11(1), 142-148. Pathology and pathophysiology of pulmonary manifestations in leptospirosis.
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Doungchawee, G.; Sirawaraporn, W.; Icksang-Ko, A.; Kongtim, S.; Naigowit, P.; Thongboonkerd, V.; J. Med. Microbiol. 2007, 56(Pt. 5), 587-592. Use of immunoblotting as an alternative method for serogrouping Leptospira.
[PubMed]
Fernandes, C.P.; Seixas, F.K.; Coutinho, M.L.; Vasconcellos, F.A.; Seyffert, N.; Croda, J.; McBride, A.J.; Ko, A.I.; Dellagostin, O.A.; Aleixo, J.A.; Hybridoma (Larchmt.) 2007, 26(1), 35-41. Monoclonal antibodies against LipL32, the major outer membrane protein of pathogenic Leptospira: production, characterization, and testing in diagnostic applications.
[PubMed]
He, P.; Sheng, Y.Y.; Shi, Y.Z.; Jiang, X.G.; Qin, J.H.; Zhang, Z.M.; Zhao, G.P.; Guo, X.K.; BMC Genomics 2007, 8(1), 204. Genetic diversity among major endemic strains of Leptospira interrogans in China.
[PubMed]
Hotka, M.L.; Wilson, M.A.; Anderson, T.M.; Tichenor, C.L.; Miller, D.A.; J. Vet. Diagn. Invest. 2007, 19(1), 84-87. Comparative serological study of Leptospira serovar hardjo genotypes for use in the microscopic agglutination test.
[PubMed]
Hou, X.; Wang, Y.; Zhou, Z.; Bao, S.; Lin, Y.; Gong, W.; J. Struct. Biol. 2007, 159(3), 523-528. Crystal structure of SAM-dependent O-methyltransferase from pathogenic bacterium Leptospira interrogans.
[PubMed]
Kan, W.; Wolgemuth, C.W.; Biophys. J. 2007, 93(1), 54-61. The shape and dynamics of the Leptospiraceae.
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Kositanont, U.; Chotinantakul, K.; Phulsuksombati, D.; Tribuddharat, C.; J. Microbiol. Methods 2007, 69(2), 288-297. Assessment of Southern blot ribotyping for differentiation of Leptospira strains isolated from field rats.
[PubMed]
Kositanont, U.; Rugsasuk, S.; Leelaporn, A.; Phulsuksombati, D.; Tantitanawat, S.; Naigowit, P.; Diagn. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 2007, 57(2), 117-122. Detection and differentiation between pathogenic and saprophytic Leptospira spp. by multiplex polymerase chain reaction.
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Li, L.; Ojcius, D.M.; Yan, J.; Arch. Microbiol. 2007, 188(6), 591-598. Comparison of invasion of fibroblasts and macrophages by high- and low-virulence Leptospira strains: colonization of the host-cell nucleus and induction of necrosis by the virulent strain.
[PubMed]
Lin, Y.P.; Chang, Y.F.; Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 2007, 362(2), 443-448. A domain of the Leptospira LigB contributes to high affinity binding of fibronectin.
[PubMed]
Liu, Y.; Zheng, W.; Li, L.; Mao, Y.; Yan, J.; Med. Microbiol. Immunol. 2007, 196(4), 233-239. Pathogenesis of leptospirosis: interaction of Leptospira interrogans with in vitro cultured mammalian cells.
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Matsunaga, J.; Lo, M.; Bulach, D.M.; Zuerner, R.L.; Adler, B.; Haake, D.A.; Infect. Immun. 2007, 75(6), 2864-2874. Response of Leptospira interrogans to physiologic osmolarity: relevance in signaling the environment-to-host transition.
[PubMed]
Naigowit, P.; Charoenchai, S.; Biaklang, M.; Seena, U.; Wangroongsarb, P.; Sawanpanyalert, P.; Warachit, P.; Southeast Asian J. Trop. Med. Public Health 2007, 38(1), 97-103. Identification of clinical isolates of Leptospira spp by pulsed field gel-electrophoresis and microscopic agglutination test.
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Nally, J.E.; Whitelegge, J.P.; Bassilian, S.; Blanco, D.R.; Lovett, M.A.; Infect. Immun. 2007, 75(2), 766-773. Characterization of the outer membrane proteome of Leptospira interrogans expressed during acute lethal infection.
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Neves, F.O.; Abreu, P.A.; Vasconcellos, S.A.; de Morais, Z.M.; Romero, E.C.; Nascimento, A.L.; Arch. Microbiol. 2007, 188(5), 523-532. Identification of a novel potential antigen for early-phase serodiagnosis of leptospirosis.
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Palaniappan, R.U.; Ramanujam, S.; Chang, Y.F.; Curr. Opin. Infect. Dis. 2007, 20(3), 284-292. Leptospirosis: pathogenesis, immunity, and diagnosis.
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Pavan, M.E.; Cairó, F.; Brihuega, B.; Samartino, L.; Comp. Immunol. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 2008, 31(1), 37-45. Multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) of Leptospira interrogans serovar Pomona from Argentina reveals four new genotypes.
[PubMed]
Resch, G.; Awad-Masalmeh, M.; Bakoss, P.; Jarekova, J.; Epidemiol. Infect. 2007, 1-8. Utility of phylogenetic studies in the identification of Leptospira strains.
[PubMed]
Ristow, P.; Bourhy, P.; McBride, F.W.; Figueira, C.P.; Huerre, M.; Ave, P.; Girons, I.S.; Ko, A.I.; Picardeau, M.; PLoS Pathog. 2007, 3(7), e97. The OmpA-like protein Loa22 is essential for leptospiral virulence.
[PubMed]
Seixas, F.K.; Fernandes, C.H.; Hartwig, D.D.; Conceição, F.R.; Aleixo, J.A.; Dellagostin, O.A.; Can. J. Microbiol. 2007, 53(4), 472-479. Evaluation of different ways of presenting LipL32 to the immune system with the aim of developing a recombinant vaccine against leptospirosis.
[PubMed]
Silva, E.F.; Medeiros, M.A.; McBride, A.J.; Matsunaga, J.; Esteves, G.S.; Ramos, J.G.; Santos, C.S.; Croda, J.; Homma, A.; Dellagostin, O.A.; Haake, D.A.; Reis, M.G.; Ko, A.I.; Vaccine 2007, 25(33), 6277-6286. The terminal portion of leptospiral immunoglobulin-like protein LigA confers protective immunity against lethal infection in the hamster model of leptospirosis.
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Slack, A.; Symonds, M.; Dohnt, M.; Harris, C.; Brookes, D.; Smythe, L.; Diagn. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 2007, 57(4), 361-366. Evaluation of a modified Taqman assay detecting pathogenic Leptospira spp. against culture and Leptospira-specific IgM enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in a clinical environment.
[PubMed]
Vieira, M.L.; D'Atri, L.P.; Schattner, M.; Habarta, A.M.; Barbosa, A.S.; de Morais, Z.M.; Vasconcellos, S.A.; Abreu, P.A.; Gómez, R.M.; Nascimento, A.L.; FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 2007, 276(2), 172-180. A novel leptospiral protein increases ICAM-1 and E-selectin expression in human umbilical vein endothelial cells.
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Wangroongsarb, P.; Chanket, T.; Gunlabun, K.; Long, D.H.; Satheanmethakul, P.; Jetanadee, S.; Thaipadungpanit, J.; Wuthiekanun, V.; Peacock, S.J.; Blacksell, S.D.; Smythe, L.D.; Bulach, D.M.; Kalambaheti, T.; FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 2007, 271(2), 170-179. Molecular typing of Leptospira spp. based on putative O-antigen polymerase gene (wzy), the benefit over 16S rRNA gene sequence.
[PubMed]
Wiwanitkit, V.; Vaccine 2007, 25(15), 2768-2770. Predicted epitopes of Lig A of Leptospira interrogans by bioinformatics method: a clue for further vaccine development.
[PubMed]
Yang, C.W.; Kidney Int. 2007, 72(8), 919-925. Leptospirosis renal disease: understanding the initiation by Toll-like receptors.
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Zou, Y.; Guo, X.; Picardeau, M.; Xu, H.; Zhao, G.; FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 2007, 269(1), 90-96. A comprehensive survey on isoleucine biosynthesis pathways in seven epidemic Leptospira interrogans reference strains of China.
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Ahmed, N.; Devi, S.M.; Valverde Mde, L.; Vijayachari, P.; Machang'u, R.S.; Ellis, W.A.; Hartskeerl, R.A.; Ann. Clin. Microbiol. Antimicrob. 2006, 5, 28. Multilocus sequence typing method for identification and genotypic classification of pathogenic Leptospira species.
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Amutha, R.; Chaudhuri, P.; Garg, A.P.; Cheema, P.S.; Srivastava, S.K.; Indian J. Med. Res. 2006, 124(5), 569-574. Immunoreactive outer membrane proteins of Leptospira interrogans serovar Canicola strain Hond Utrecht IV.
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Barbosa, A.S.; Abreu, P.A.; Neves, F.O.; Atzingen, M.V.; Watanabe, M.M.; Vieira, M.L.; Morais, Z.M.; Vasconcellos, S.A.; Nascimento, A.L.; Infect. Immun. 2006, 74(11), 6356-6364. A newly identified leptospiral adhesin mediates attachment to laminin.
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Bulach, D.M.; Zuerner, R.L.; Wilson, P.; Seemann, T.; McGrath, A.; Cullen, P.A.; Davis, J.; Johnson, M.; Kuczek, E.; Alt, D.P.; Peterson-Burch, B.; Coppel, R.L.; Rood, J.I.; Davies, J.K.; Adler, B.; Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2006, 103(39), 14560-14565. Genome reduction in Leptospira borgpetersenii reflects limited transmission potential.
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Cinco, M.; Domenis, R.; Perticarari, S.; Presani, G.; Marangoni, A.; Blasi, E.; New Microbiol. 2006, 29(3), 193-199. Interaction of leptospires with murine microglial cells.
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Gebriel, A.M.; Subramaniam, G.; Sekaran, S.D.; Trop. Biomed. 2006, 23(2), 194-207. The detection and characterization of pathogenic Leptospira and the use of OMPs as potential antigens and immunogens.
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Hung, C.C.; Chang, C.T.; Tian, Y.C.; Wu, M.S.; Yu, C.C.; Pan, M.J.; Vandewalle, A.; Yang, C.W.; Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 2006, 21(4), 898-910. Leptospiral membrane proteins stimulate pro-inflammatory chemokines secretion by renal tubule epithelial cells through toll-like receptor 2 and p38 mitogen activated protein kinase.
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Jouglard, S.D.; Simionatto, S.; Seixas, F.K.; Nassi, F.L.; Dellagostin, O.A.; Can. J. Microbiol. 2006, 52(8), 747-752. Nested polymerase chain reaction for detection of pathogenic leptospires.
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La Scola, B.; Bui, L.T.; Baranton, G.; Khamis, A.; Raoult, D.; FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 2006, 263(2), 142-147. Partial rpoB gene sequencing for identification of Leptospira species.
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Léon, A.; Pronost, S.; Tapprest, J.; Foucher, N.; Blanchard, B.; André-Fontaine, G.; Laugier, C.; Fortier, G.; Leclercq, R.; J. Vet. Diagn. Invest. 2006, 18(2), 218-221. Identification of pathogenic Leptospira strains in tissues of a premature foal by use of polymerase chain reaction analysis.
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Levett, P.N.; Morey, R.E.; Galloway, R.L.; Steigerwalt, A.G.; Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2006, 56(Pt. 3), 671-673. Leptospira broomii sp. nov., isolated from humans with leptospirosis.
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Li, X.; Huang, H.; Song, X.; Wang, Y.; Xu, H.; Teng, M.; Gong, W.; Acta Crystallograph. Sect. F Struct. Biol. Cryst. Commun. 2006, 62(Pt. 12), 1269-1270. Purification, crystallization and preliminary crystallographic studies on 2-dehydro-3-deoxygalactarate aldolase from Leptospira interrogans.
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Li, Z.H.; Dong, K.; Yuan, J.P.; Hu, B.Y.; Liu, J.X.; Zhao, G.P.; Guo, X.K.; Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 2006, 345(2), 858-866. Characterization of the cheY genes from Leptospira interrogans and their effects on the behavior of Escherichia coli.
[PubMed]
Liu, D.; Lawrence, M.L.; Austin, F.W.; Ainsworth, A.J.; Pace, L.W.; Can. J. Microbiol. 2006, 52(3), 272-277. PCR detection of pathogenic Leptospira genomospecies targeting putative transcriptional regulator genes.
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Lo, M.; Bulach, D.M.; Powell, D.R.; Haake, D.A.; Matsunaga, J.; Paustian, M.L.; Zuerner, R.L.; Adler, B.; Infect Immun. 2006, 74(10), 5848-5859. Effects of temperature on gene expression patterns in Leptospira interrogans serovar Lai as assessed by whole-genome microarrays.
[PubMed]
Louvel, H.; Bommezzadri, S.; Zidane, N.; Boursaux-Eude, C.; Creno, S.; Magnier, A.; Rouy, Z.; Medigue, C.; Saint Girons, I.; Bouchier, C.; Picardeau, M.; J. Bacteriol. 2006, 188(22), 7893-78904. Comparative and functional genomic analyses of iron transport and regulation in Leptospira spp.
[PubMed]
Mariya, R.; Chaudhary, P.; Kumar, A.A.; Thangapandian, E.; Amutha, R.; Srivastava, S.K.; Comp. Immunol. Microbiol. Infect Dis. 2006, 29(5-6), 269-277. Evaluation of a recombinant LipL41 antigen of Leptospira interrogans serovar canicola in ELISA for serodiagnosis of bovine leptospirosis.
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Matsunaga, J.; Werneid, K.; Zuerner, R.L.; Frank, A.; Haake, D.A.; Microbiology 2006, 152(Pt. 12), 3777-3786. LipL46 is a novel surface-exposed lipoprotein expressed during leptospiral dissemination in the mammalian host.
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Mazouni, K.; Pehau-Arnaudet, G.; England, P.; Bourhy, P.; Saint Girons, I.; Picardeau, M.; J. Bacteriol. 2006, 188(2), 469-476. The scc spirochetal coiled-coil protein forms helix-like filaments and binds to nucleic acids generating nucleoprotein structures.
[PubMed]
Morey, R.E.; Galloway, R.L.; Bragg, S.L.; Steigerwalt, A.G.; Mayer, L.W.; Levett, P.N.; J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006, 44(10), 3510-3516. Species-specific identification of Leptospiraceae by 16S rRNA gene sequencing.
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Mulla, S.; Chakraborty, T.; Patel, M.; Pandya, H.P.; Dadhaniya, V.; Vaghela, G.; Indian J. Pathol. Microbiol. 2006, 49(3), 468-470. Diagnosis of leptospirosis and comparison of ELISA and MAT techniques.
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Nascimento, A.S.; Ferrarezi, T.; Catalano-Dupuy, D.L.; Ceccarelli, E.A.; Polikarpov, I.; Acta Crystallograph. Sect. F Struct. Biol. Cryst. Commun. 2006, 62(Pt. 7), 662-664. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction studies of ferredoxin reductase from Leptospira interrogans.
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Qin, J.H.; Sheng, Y.Y.; Zhang, Z.M.; Shi, Y.Z.; He, P.; Hu, B.Y.; Yang, Y.; Liu, S.G.; Zhao, G.P.; Guo, X.K.; BMC Microbiol. 2006, 6, 51. Genome-wide transcriptional analysis of temperature shift in L. interrogans serovar lai strain 56601.
[PubMed]
Reitstetter, R.E.; FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 2006, 264(1), 31-39. Development of species-specific PCR primer sets for the detection of Leptospira.
[PubMed]
Salaun, L.; Merien, F.; Gurianova, S.; Baranton, G.; Picardeau, M.; J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006, 44(11), 3954-3962. Application of multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis for molecular typing of the agent of leptospirosis.
[PubMed]
Setubal, J.C.; Reis, M.; Matsunaga, J.; Haake, D.A.; Microbiology 2006, 152(Pt. 1), 113-121. Lipoprotein computational prediction in spirochaetal genomes.
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Slack, A.T.; Symonds, M.L.; Dohnt, M.F.; Smythe, L.D.; BMC Microbiol. 2006, 6, 95. Identification of pathogenic Leptospira species by conventional or real-time PCR and sequencing of the DNA gyrase subunit B encoding gene.
[PubMed]
Slack, A.; Symonds, M.; Dohnt, M.; Smythe, L.; J. Med. Microbiol. 2006, 55(Pt. 11), 1549-1557. An improved multiple-locus variable number of tandem repeats analysis for Leptospira interrogans serovar Australis: a comparison with fluorescent amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis and its use to redefine the molecular epidemiology of this serovar in Queensland, Australia.
[PubMed]
Srivastava, S.K.; Chaudhuri, P.; Thangapandian, E.; Mariya, R.; Amutha, R.; Indian J. Med. Microbiol. 2006, 24(4), 346-348. Evaluation of recombinant Leptospira interrogans serovar canicola outer membrane proteins as diagnostic antigen.
[PubMed]
Sritharan, M.; Asuthkar, S.; Sridhar, V.; Indian J. Med. Microbiol. 2006, 24(4), 311-316. Understanding iron acquisition by pathogenic leptospires: a review.
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Tian, Y.C.; Chen, Y.C.; Hung, C.C.; Chang, C.T.; Wu, M.S.; Phillips, A.O.; Yang, C.W.; J. Am. Soc. Nephrol. 2006, 17(10), 2792-2798. Leptospiral outer membrane protein induces extracellular matrix accumulation through a TGF-beta1/Smad-dependent pathway.
[PubMed]
Tungtrakanpoung, R.; Pitaksajjakul, P.; Na-Ngarm, N.; Chaicumpa, W.; Ekpo, P.; Saengjaruk, P.; Froman, G.; Ramasoota, P.; Vet. Microbiol. 2006, 115(1-3), 54-63. Mimotope of Leptospira from phage-displayed random peptide library is reactive with both monoclonal antibodies and patients' sera.
[PubMed]
Umashankar, V.; Subramanian, G.; Dorairaj, S.; Bioinformation 2006, 1(5), 158-160. Modeling of phosphomethyl pyrimidine kinase from Leptospira interrogans serovar lai strain 56601.
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Velineni, S.; Asuthkar, S.; Sritharan, M.; Indian J. Med. Microbiol. 2006, 24(4), 339-342. Iron limitation and expression of immunoreactive outer membrane proteins in Leptospira interrogans serovar icterohaemorrhagiae strain lai.
[PubMed]
Verma, A.; Hellwage, J.; Artiushin, S.; Zipfel, P.F.; Kraiczy, P.; Timoney, J.F.; Stevenson, B.; Infect. Immun. 2006, 74(5), 2659-2666. LfhA, a novel factor H-binding protein of Leptospira interrogans.
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Yang, H.L.; Zhu, Y.Z.; Qin, J.H.; He, P.; Jiang, X.C.; Zhao, G.P.; Guo, X.K.; BMC Genomics 2006, 7, 293. In silico and microarray-based genomic approaches to identifying potential vaccine candidates against Leptospira interrogans.
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2005
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Ahmad, S.N.; Shah, S.; Ahmad, F.M.; J. Postgrad. Med. 2005, 51(3), 195-200. Laboratory diagnosis of leptospirosis.
[PubMed]
Biswas, D.; Roy, S.; Vijayachari, P.; Sugunan, A.P.; Natarajaseenivasan, K.; Sehgal, S.C.; Indian J. Med. Res. 2005, 121(3), 151-158. Comparison of immunoreactive proteins of commonly circulating serogroups of Leptospira in Andaman Islands, India.
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Boon Hinckley, M.; Reynolds, C.M.; Ribeiro, A.A.; McGrath, S.C.; Cotter, R.J.; Lauw, F.N.; Golenbock, D.T.; Raetz, C.R.; J. Biol. Chem. 2005, 280(34), 30214-30224. A Leptospira interrogans enzyme with similarity to yeast Ste14p that methylates the 1-phosphate group of lipid A.
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Bourhy, P.; Frangeul, L.; Couve, E.; Glaser, P.; Saint Girons, I.; Picardeau, M.; J. Bacteriol. 2005, 187(12), 3931-3940. Complete nucleotide sequence of the LE1 prophage from the spirochete Leptospira biflexa and characterization of its replication and partition functions.
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Bourhy, P.; Louvel, H.; Saint Girons, I.; Picardeau, M.; J. Bacteriol. 2005, 187(9), 3255-3258. Random insertional mutagenesis of Leptospira interrogans, the agent of leptospirosis, using a mariner transposon.
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Branger, C.; Blanchard, B.; Fillonneau, C.; Suard, I.; Aviat, F.; Chevallier, B.; Andre-Fontaine, G.; FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 2005, 243(2), 437-445. Polymerase chain reaction assay specific for pathogenic Leptospira based on the gene hap1 encoding the hemolysis-associated protein-1.
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Cachay, E.R.; Vinetz, J.M.; J. Postgrad. Med. 2005, 51(3), 174-178. A global research agenda for leptospirosis.
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Fang, G.; Ho, C.; Qiu, Y.; Cubas, V.; Yu, Z.; Cabau, C.; Cheung, F.; Moszer, I.; Danchin, A.; BMC Genomics 2005, 6(1), 14. Specialized microbial databases for inductive exploration of microbial genome sequences.
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Gamberini, M.; Gomez, R.M.; Atzingen, M.V.; Martins, E.A.; Vasconcellos, S.A.; Romero, E.C.; Leite, L.C.; Ho, P.L.; Nascimento, A.L.; FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 2005, 244(2), 305-313. Whole-genome analysis of Leptospira interrogans to identify potential vaccine candidates against leptospirosis.
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Hsieh, W.J.; Chang, Y.F.; Chen, C.S.; Pan, M.J.; FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 2005, 243(2), 339-345. Omp52 is a growth-phase-regulated outer membrane protein of Leptospira santarosai serovar Shermani.
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Levett, P.N.; Morey, R.E.; Galloway, R.L.; Turner, D.E.; Steigerwalt, A.G.; Mayer, L.W.; J. Med. Microbiol. 2005, 54(Pt. 1), 45-49. Detection of pathogenic leptospires by real-time quantitative PCR.
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Li, S.; Zhou, Z.; Chu, W.; Gong, W.; Benfatto, M.; Hu, T.; Xie, Y.; Xian, D.; Wu, Z.; J. Synchrotron Radiat. 2005, 12(Pt. 1), 111-114. Investigation of zinc-containing peptide deformylase from Leptospira interrogans by X-ray absorption near-edge spectroscopy.
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Louvel, H.; Saint Girons, I.; Picardeau, M.; J. Bacteriol. 2005, 187(9), 3249-3254. Isolation and characterization of FecA- and FeoB-mediated iron acquisition systems of the spirochete Leptospira biflexa by random insertional mutagenesis.
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Majed, Z.; Bellenger, E.; Postic, D.; Pourcel, C.; Baranton, G.; Picardeau, M.; J. Clin. Microbiol. 2005, 43(2), 539-545. Identification of variable-number tandem-repeat loci in Leptospira interrogans sensu stricto.
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Matsunaga, J.; Sanchez, Y.; Xu, X.; Haake, D.A.; Infect. Immun. 2005, 73(1), 70-78. Osmolarity, a key environmental signal controlling expression of leptospiral proteins LigA and LigB and the extracellular release of LigA.
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McBride, A.J.; Athanazio, D.A.; Reis, M.G.; Ko, A.I.; Curr. Opin. Infect. Dis. 2005, 18(5), 376-386. Leptospirosis.
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Meri, T.; Murgia, R.; Stefanel, P.; Meri, S.; Cinco, M.; Microb. Pathog. 2005, 39(4), 139-147. Regulation of complement activation at the C3-level by serum resistant leptospires.
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Nahori, M.A.; Fournie-Amazouz, E.; Que-Gewirth, N.S.; Balloy, V.; Chignard, M.; Raetz, C.R.; Saint Girons, I.; Werts, C.; J. Immunol. 2005, 175(9), 6022-6031. Differential TLR recognition of leptospiral lipid A and lipopolysaccharide in murine and human cells.
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Nally, J.E.; Chow, E.; Fishbein, M.C.; Blanco, D.R.; Lovett, M.A.; Infect. Immun. 2005, 73(6), 3251-3260. Changes in lipopolysaccharide O antigen distinguish acute versus chronic Leptospira interrogans infections.
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Nally, J.E.; Whitelegge, J.P.; Aguilera, R.; Pereira, M.M.; Blanco, D.R.; Lovett, M.A.; Proteomics 2005, 5(1), 144-152. Purification and proteomic analysis of outer membrane vesicles from a clinical isolate of Leptospira interrogans serovar Copenhageni.
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Nally, J.E.; Whitelegge, J.P.; Aguilera, R.; Pereira, M.M.; Blanco, D.R.; Lovett, M.A.; Proteomics 2005, 5(1), 144-152. Purification and proteomic analysis of outer membrane vesicles from a clinical isolate of Leptospira interrogans serovar Copenhageni.
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Okuda, M.; Sakai, Y.; Matsuuchi, M.; Oikawa, T.; Watanabe, M.; Itamoto, K.; Iwata, H.; Kano, R.; Hasegawa, A.; Onishi, T.; Inokuma, H.; J. Vet. Med. Sci. 2005, 67(3), 249-254. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection of canine Leptospira antibodies using recombinant OmpL1 protein.
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Palaniappan, R.U.; Chang, Y.F.; Chang, C.F.; Pan, M.J.; Yang, C.W.; Harpending, P.; McDonough, S.P.; Dubovi, E.; Divers, T.; Qu, J.; Roe, B.; Mol. Cell Probes 2005, 19(2), 111-117. Evaluation of lig-based conventional and real time PCR for the detection of pathogenic leptospires.
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Zhang, Y.X.; Geng, Y.; Bi, B.; He, J.Y.; Wu, C.F.; Guo, X.K.; Zhao, G.P.; Acta Pharmacol. Sin. 2005, 26(4), 453-461. Identification and classification of all potential hemolysin encoding genes and their products from Leptospira interrogans serogroup Icterohae-morrhagiae serovar Lai.
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2004
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Anantharaman, V.; Aravind, L.; Proteins 2004, 56(4), 795-807. The SHS2 module is a common structural theme in functionally diverse protein groups, like Rpb7p, FtsA, GyrI, and MTH1598/TM1083 superfamilies.
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Artiushin, S.; Timoney, J.F.; Nally, J.; Verma, A.; Infect. Immun. 2004, 72(2), 742-749. Host-inducible immunogenic sphingomyelinase-like protein, Lk73.5, of Leptospira interrogans.
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Chandrasekaran, S.; Gomathi, S.; Indian J. Med. Microbiol. 2004, 22(1), 23-27. A standard screening test for the early and rapid diagnosis of leptospirosis.
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Dey, S.; Mohan, C.M.; Kumar, T.M.; Ramadass, P.; Nainar, A.M.; Nachimuthu, K.; Vet. Microbiol. 2004, 103(1-2), 99-106. Recombinant LipL32 antigen-based single serum dilution ELISA for detection of canine leptospirosis.
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Haake, D.A.; Suchard, M.A.; Kelley, M.M.; Dundoo, M.; Alt, D.P.; Zuerner, R.L.; J. Bacteriol. 2004, 186(9), 2818-2828. Molecular evolution and mosaicism of leptospiral outer membrane proteins involves horizontal DNA transfer.
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He, P.; Zhang, X.Y.; Guo, X.K.; Hu, B.Y.; Huang, X.T.; Yang, Y.; Zhao, G.P.; Acta Biochim. Biophys. Sin. (Shanghai) 2004, 36(12), 832-839. Identification and analysis of genes present in Leptospira interrogans serovar lai but absent in L. biflexa serovar monvalerio.
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Hsieh, W.J.; Pan, M.J.; FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 2004, 235(1), 117-124. Identification Leptospira santarosai serovar shermani specific sequences by suppression subtractive hybridization.
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Koizumi, N.; Watanabe, H.; Vaccine 2004, 22(11-12), 1545-1552. Leptospiral immunoglobulin-like proteins elicit protective immunity.
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Landon, S.; Tang, J.; Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2004, 54(Pt. 6), 2439. Proposal to list ATCC 43642 as the type strain of Leptospira interrogans in the approved lists of bacterial names. Request for an opinion.
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Lin, M.; Dan, H.; Li, Y.; Curr. Microbiol. 2004, 48(2), 145-152. Identification of a second flagellin gene and functional characterization of a sigma70-like promoter upstream of a Leptospira borgpetersenii flaB gene.
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Lucchesi, P.M.; Arroyo, G.H.; Etcheverria, A.I.; Parma, A.E.; Seijo, A.C.; Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop. 2004, 37(2), 131-134. Recommendations for the detection of Leptospira in urine by PCR.
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Luo, Y.H.; Yan, J.; Mao, Y.F.; Li, S.P.; J. Zhejiang Univ. Sci. 2004, 5(4), 462-466. Determination of the genus-specific antigens in outer membrane proteins from the strains of Leptospira interrogans and Leptospira biflexa with different virulence.
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Michel, H.; Wilske, B.; Hettche, G.; Gottner, G.; Heimerl, C.; Reischl, U.; Schulte-Spechtel, U.; Fingerle, V.; Med. Microbiol. Immunol. (Berl.) 2004, 193(4), 219-226. An ospA-polymerase chain reaction/restriction fragment length polymorphism-based method for sensitive detection and reliable differentiation of all European Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato species and OspA types.
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Nascimento, A.L.; Ko, A.I.; Martins, E.A.; Monteiro-Vitorello, C.B.; Ho, P.L.; Haake, D.A.; Verjovski-Almeida, S.; Hartskeerl, R.A.; Marques, M.V.; Oliveira, M.C.; Menck, C.F.; Leite, L.C.; Carrer, H.; Coutinho, L.L.; Degrave, W.M.; Dellagostin, O.A.; El-Dorry, H.; Ferro, E.S.; Ferro, M.I.; Furlan, L.R.; Gamberini, M.; Giglioti, E.A.; Goes-Neto, A.; Goldman, G.H.; Goldman, M.H.; Harakava, R.; Jeronimo, S.M.; Junqueira-de-Azevedo, I.L.; Kimura, E.T.; Kuramae, E.E.; Lemos, E.G.; Lemos, M.V.; Marino, C.L.; Nunes, L.R.; de Oliveira, R.C.; Pereira, G.G.; Reis, M.S.; Schriefer, A.; Siqueira, W.J.; Sommer, P.; Tsai, S.M.; Simpson, A.J.; Ferro, J.A.; Camargo, L.E.; Kitajima, J.P.; Setubal, J.C.; Van Sluys, M.A.; J. Bacteriol. 2004, 186(7), 2164-2172. Comparative genomics of two Leptospira interrogans serovars reveals novel insights into physiology and pathogenesis.
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Nascimento, A.L.; Verjovski-Almeida, S.; Van Sluys, M.A.; Monteiro-Vitorello, C.B.; Camargo, L.E.; Digiampietri, L.A.; Harstkeerl, R.A.; Ho, P.L.; Marques, M.V.; Oliveira, M.C.; Setubal, J.C.; Haake, D.A.; Martins, E.A.; Braz. J. Med. Biol. Res. 2004, 37(4), 459-477. Genome features of Leptospira interrogans serovar Copenhageni.
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Palaniappan, R.U.; Chang, Y.F.; Hassan, F.; McDonough, S.P.; Pough, M.; Barr, S.C.; Simpson, K.W.; Mohammed, H.O.; Shin, S.; McDonough, P.; Zuerner, R.L.; Qu, J.; Roe, B.; J. Med. Microbiol. 2004, 53(Pt. 10), 975-984. Expression of leptospiral immunoglobulin-like protein by Leptospira interrogans and evaluation of its diagnostic potential in a kinetic ELISA.
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Putteet-Driver, A.D.; Zhong, J.; Barbour, A.G.; J. Bacteriol. 2004, 186(8), 2266-2274. Transgenic expression of RecA of the spirochetes Borrelia burgdorferi and Borrelia hermsii in Escherichia coli revealed differences in DNA repair and recombination phenotypes.
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Que-Gewirth, N.L.; Ribeiro, A.A.; Kalb, S.R.; Cotter, R.J.; Bulach, D.M.; Adler, B.; Girons, I.S.; Werts, C.; Raetz, C.R.; J. Biol. Chem. 2004, 279(24), 25420-254429. A methylated phosphate group and four amide-linked acyl chains in Leptospira interrogans lipid A. The membrane anchor of an unusual lipopolysaccharide that activates TLR2.
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Roy, S.; Biswas, D.; Vijayachari, P.; Sugunan, A.P.; Sehgal, S.C.; Trop. Med. Int. Health 2004, 9(11), 1203-1209. A 22-mer primer enhances discriminatory power of AP-PCR fingerprinting technique in characterization of leptospires.
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Sekowska, A.; Denervaud, V.; Ashida, H.; Michoud, K.; Haas, D.; Yokota, A.; Danchin, A.; BMC Microbiol. 2004, 4(1), 9. Bacterial variations on the methionine salvage pathway.
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Seshadri, R.; Myers, G.S.; Tettelin, H.; Eisen, J.A.; Heidelberg, J.F.; Dodson, R.J.; Davidsen, T.M.; DeBoy, R.T.; Fouts, D.E.; Haft, D.H.; Selengut, J.; Ren, Q.; Brinkac, L.M.; Madupu, R.; Kolonay, J.; Durkin, S.A.; Daugherty, S.C.; Shetty, J.; Shvartsbeyn, A.; Gebregeorgis, E.; Geer, K.; Tsegaye, G.; Malek, J.; Ayodeji, B.; Shatsman, S.; McLeod, M.P.; Smajs, D.; Howell, J.K.; Pal, S.; Amin, A.; Vashisth, P.; McNeill, T.Z.; Xiang, Q.; Sodergren, E.; Baca, E.; Weinstock, G.M.; Norris, S.J.; Fraser, C.M.; Paulsen, I.T.; Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2004, 101(15), 5646-5651. Comparison of the genome of the oral pathogen Treponema denticola with other spirochete genomes.
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Sritharan, M.; Asuthkar, S.; Indian J. Med. Microbiol. 2004, 22(2), 92-96. Iron-regulated proteins (IRPS) of leptospira biflexa serovar Patoc strain Patoc I.
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Sweet, C.R.; Ribeiro, A.A.; Raetz, C.R.; J. Biol. Chem. 2004, 279(24), 25400-25410. Oxidation and transamination of the 3"-position of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine by enzymes from Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans. Role in the formation of lipid a molecules with four amide-linked acyl chains.
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Sweet, C.R.; Williams, A.H.; Karbarz, M.J.; Werts, C.; Kalb, S.R.; Cotter, R.J.; Raetz, C.R.; J. Biol. Chem. 2004, 279(24), 25411-25419. Enzymatic synthesis of lipid A molecules with four amide-linked acyl chains. LpxA acyltransferases selective for an analog of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine in which an amine replaces the 3"-hydroxyl group.
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Trueba, G.; Zapata, S.; Madrid, K.; Cullen, P.; Haake, D.; Int. Microbiol. 2004, 7(1), 35-40. Cell aggregation: a mechanism of pathogenic Leptospira to survive in fresh water.
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Xu, H.; Zhang, Y.; Guo, X.; Ren, S.; Staempfli, A.A.; Chiao, J.; Jiang, W.; Zhao, G.; J. Bacteriol. 2004, 186(16), 5400-5409. Isoleucine biosynthesis in Leptospira interrogans serotype lai strain 56601 proceeds via a threonine-independent pathway.
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Zhang, Y.X.; Li, J.; Guo, X.K.; Wu, C.; Bi, B.; Ren, S.X.; Wu, C.F.; Zhao, G.P.; Cell Res. 2004, 14(3), 208-216. Characterization of a novel toxin-antitoxin module, VapBC, encoded by Leptospira interrogans chromosome.
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Zhou, Z.; Gong, W.; Acta Crystallogr. D Biol. Crystallogr. 2004, 60(Pt. 1), 137-139. Co-crystallization of Leptospira interrogans peptide deformylase with a potent inhibitor and molecular-replacement schemes with eight subunits in an asymmetric unit.
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Zhou, Z.; Song, X.; Li, Y.; Gong, W.; J. Mol. Biol. 2004, 339(1), 207-215. Unique structural characteristics of peptide deformylase from pathogenic bacterium Leptospira interrogans.
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2003
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Anantharaman, V.; Aravind, L.; BMC Genomics 2003, 4(1), 34. Application of comparative genomics in the identification and analysis of novel families of membrane-associated receptors in bacteria.
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Bajani, M.D.; Ashford, D.A.; Bragg, S.L.; Woods, C.W.; Aye, T.; Spiegel, R.A.; Plikaytis, B.D.; Perkins, B.A.; Phelan, M.; Levett, P.N.; Weyant, R.S.; J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003, 41(2), 803-809. Evaluation of four commercially available rapid serologic tests for diagnosis of leptospirosis.
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Bauby, H.; Saint Girons, I.; Picardeau, M.; Microbiology 2003, 149(Pt. 3), 689-693. Construction and complementation of the first auxotrophic mutant in the spirochaeteLeptospira meyeri.
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Bharti, A.R.; Nally, J.E.; Ricaldi, J.N.; Matthias, M.A.; Diaz, M.M.; Lovett, M.A.; Levett, P.N.; Gilman, R.H.; Willig, M.R.; Gotuzzo, E.; Vinetz, J.M.; Peru-United States Leptospirosis Consortium; Lancet. Infect. Dis. 2003, 3(12), 757-771. Leptospirosis: a zoonotic disease of global importance.
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Christova, I.; Tasseva, E.; Manev, H.; Scand. J. Infect. Dis. 2003, 35(11-12), 869-872. Human leptospirosis in Bulgaria, 1989-2001: epidemiological, clinical, and serological features.
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Cullen, P.A.; Haake, D.A.; Bulach, D.M.; Zuerner, R.L.; Adler, B.; Infect. Immun. 2003, 71(5), 2414-2421. LipL21 is a novel surface-exposed lipoprotein of pathogenic Leptospira species.
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De Fost, M.; Hartskeerl, R.A.; Groenendijk, M.R.; van der Poll, T.; Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. 2003, 10(2), 332-335. Interleukin 12 in part regulates gamma interferon release in human whole blood stimulated with Leptospira interrogans.
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Guegan, R.; Camadro, J.M.; Saint Girons, I.; Picardeau, M.; Mol. Microbiol. 2003, 49(3), 745-754. Leptospira spp. possess a complete haem biosynthetic pathway and are able to use exogenous haem sources.
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Hacham, Y.; Gophna, U.; Amir, R.; Mol. Biol. Evol. 2003, 20(9), 1513-1520. In vivo analysis of various substrates utilized by cystathionine gamma-synthase and O-acetylhomoserine sulfhydrylase in methionine biosynthesis.
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Koizumi, N.; Watanabe, H.; FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 2003, 226(2), 215-219. Molecular cloning and characterization of a novel leptospiral lipoprotein with OmpA domain.
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Koizumi, N.; Watanabe, H.; J. Med. Microbiol. 2003, 52(Pt. 7), 585-589. Identification of a novel antigen of pathogenic Leptospira spp. that reacted with convalescent mice sera.
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Matsunaga, J.; Barocchi, M.A.; Croda, J.; Young, T.A.; Sanchez, Y.; Siqueira, I.; Bolin, C.A.; Reis, M.G.; Riley, L.W.; Haake, D.A.; Ko, A.I., Mol. Microbiol. 2003, 49(4), 929-945. Pathogenic Leptospira species express surface-exposed proteins belonging to the bacterial immunoglobulin superfamily.
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Oliveira, M.A.; Caballero, O.L.; Vago, A.R.; Harskeerl, R.A.; Romanha, A.J.; Pena, S.D.; Simpson, A.J.; Koury, M.C.; J. Med. Microbiol. 2003, 52(Pt. 2), 127-135. Low-stringency single specific primer PCR for identification of Leptospira.
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Picardeau, M.; Bauby, H.; Saint Girons, I.; FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 2003, 225(2), 257-262. Genetic evidence for the existence of two pathways for the biosynthesis of methionine in the Leptospira spp.
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Picardeau, M.; Le Dantec, C.; Richard, G.F.; Saint Girons, I.; FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 2003, 229(2), 277-281. The spirochetal chpK-chromosomal toxin-antitoxin locus induces growth inhibition of yeast and mycobacteria.
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Ren, S.X.; Fu, G.; Jiang, X.G.; Zeng, R.; Miao, Y.G.; Xu, H.; Zhang, Y.X.; Xiong, H.; Lu, G.; Lu, L.F.; Jiang, H.Q.; Jia, J.; Tu, Y.F.; Jiang, J.X.; Gu, W.Y.; Zhang, Y.Q.; Cai, Z.; Sheng, H.H.; Yin, H.F.; Zhang, Y.; Zhu, G.F.; Wan, M.; Huang, H.L.; Qian, Z.; Wang, S.Y.; Ma, W.; Yao, Z.J.; Shen, Y.; Qiang, B.Q.; Xia, Q.C.; Guo, X.K.; Danchin, A.; Saint Girons, I.; Somerville, R.L.; Wen, Y.M.; Shi, M.H.; Chen, Z.; Xu, J.G.; Zhao, G.P.; Nature 2003, 422(6934), 888-893. Unique physiological and pathogenic features of Leptospira interrogans revealed by whole-genome sequencing.
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2002
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Arzouni, J.P.; Parola, P.; La Scola, B.; Postic, D.; Brouqui, P.; Raoult, D.; Emerg. Infect. Dis. 2002, 8(8), 865-868. Human infection caused by Leptospira fainei.
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Bao, L.; Qiu, H.; Yan, J.; Xie, Y.; Chen, W.; Chin. Med. Sci. J. 2002, 17(2), 81-84. The construction and expression of recombinant shuttle plasmid with OmpL1 gene from Leptospira interrogans serovar Lai strain 017 in Bacille Calmette-Guerin.
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Barocchi, M.A.; Ko, A.I.; Reis, M.G.; McDonald, K.L.; Riley, L.W.; Infect. Immun. 2002, 70(12), 6926-6932. Rapid translocation of polarized MDCK cell monolayers by Leptospira interrogans, an invasive but nonintracellular pathogen.
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Cai, H.Y.; Hornby, G.; Key, D.W.; Osuch, M.R.; Maxie, M.G.; J. Vet. Diagn. Invest. 2002, 14(2), 164-168. Preliminary study on differentiation of Leptospira grippotyphosa and Leptospira sejroe from other common pathogenic leptospiral serovars in canine urine by polymerase chain reaction assay.
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Charon, N.W.; Goldstein, S.F.; Annu. Rev. Genet. 2002, 36, 47-73. Genetics of motility and chemotaxis of a fascinating group of bacteria: the spirochetes.
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Cinco, M.; Cini, B.; Perticarari, S.; Presani, G.; Microb. Pathog. 2002, 33(6), 299-305. Leptospira interrogans binds to the CR3 receptor on mammalian cells.
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Cullen, P.A.; Cordwell, S.J.; Bulach, D.M.; Haake, D.A.; Adler, B.; Infect. Immun. 2002, 70(5), 2311-2318. Global analysis of outer membrane proteins from Leptospira interrogans serovar Lai.
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Diament, D.; Brunialti, M.K.; Romero, E.C.; Kallas, E.G.; Salomao, R.; Infect. Immun. 2002, 70(4), 1677-1683. Peripheral blood mononuclear cell activation induced by Leptospira interrogans glycolipoprotein.
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Haake, D.A.; Matsunaga, J.; Infect. Immun. 2002, 70(9), 4936-4945. Characterization of the leptospiral outer membrane and description of three novel leptospiral membrane proteins.
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Lee, S.H.; Kim, S.; Park, S.C.; Kim, M.J.; Infect. Immun. 2002, 70(1), 315-322. Cytotoxic activities of Leptospira interrogans hemolysin SphH as a pore-forming protein on mammalian cells.
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Li, Y.; Chen, Z.; Gong, W.; Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 2002, 295(4), 884-889. Enzymatic properties of a new peptide deformylase from pathogenic bacterium Leptospira interrogans.
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Li, Y.; Ren, S.; Gong, W.; Acta Crystallogr. D Biol. Crystallogr. 2002, 58(Pt. 5), 846-848. Cloning, high-level expression, purification and crystallization of peptide deformylase from Leptospira interrogans.
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Matsunaga, J.; Young, T.A.; Barnett, J.K.; Barnett, D.; Bolin, C.A.; Haake, D.A.; Infect. Immun. 2002, 70(1), 323-334. Novel 45-kilodalton leptospiral protein that is processed to a 31-kilodalton growth-phase-regulated peripheral membrane protein.
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Palaniappan, R.U.; Chang, Y.F.; Jusuf, S.S.; Artiushin, S.; Timoney, J.F.; McDonough, S.P.; Barr, S.C.; Divers, T.J.; Simpson, K.W.; McDonough, P.L.; Mohammed, H.O.; Infect. Immun. 2002, 70(11), 5924-5930. Cloning and molecular characterization of an immunogenic LigA protein of Leptospira interrogans.
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Rathinam, S.R.; Curr. Opin. Ophthalmol. 2002, 13(6), 381-386. Ocular leptospirosis.
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Shukla, J.; Tuteja, U.; Batra, H.V.; Indian J. Med. Res. 2002, 116, 192-200. Use of restriction endonucleases for differentiation of pathogenic & saprophytic leptospires.
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Smythe, L.D.; Smith, I.L.; Smith, G.A.; Dohnt, M.F.; Symonds, M.L.; Barnett, L.J.; McKay, D.B.; BMC Infect. Dis. 2002, 2(1), 13. A quantitative PCR (TaqMan) assay for pathogenic Leptospira spp.
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Tchamedeu Kameni, A.P.; Couture-Tosi, E.; Saint-Girons, I.; Picardeau, M.; J. Bacteriol. 2002, 184(2), 452-458. Inactivation of the spirochete recA gene results in a mutant with low viability and irregular nucleoid morphology.
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Yang, C.W.; Wu, M.S.; Pan, M.J.; Hsieh, W.J.; Vandewalle, A.; Huang, C.C.; J. Am. Soc. Nephrol. 2002, 13(8), 2037-2045. The Leptospira outer membrane protein LipL32 induces tubulointerstitial nephritis-mediated gene expression in mouse proximal tubule cells.
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Zuerner, R.L.; Huang, W.M.; FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 2002, 215(2), 175-182. Analysis of a Leptospira interrogans locus containing DNA replication genes and a new IS, IS1502.
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2001
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Barocchi, M.A.; Ko, A.I.; Ferrer, S.R.; Faria, M.T.; Reis, M.G.; Riley, L.W.; J. Clin. Microbiol. 2001, 39(1), 191-195. Identification of new repetitive element in Leptospira interrogans serovar copenhageni and its application to PCR-based differentiation of Leptospira serogroups.
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Brenot, A.; Trott, D.; Saint Girons, I.; Zuerner, R.; Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2001, 45(3), 870-877. Penicillin-binding proteins in Leptospira interrogans.
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Brenot, A.; Werts, C.; Ottone, C.; Sertour, N.; Charon, N.W.; Postic, D.; Baranton, G.; Saint Girons, I.; FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 2001, 201(2), 139-143. First evidence for a restriction-modification system in Leptospira sp.
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De la Pena-Moctezuma, A.; Bulach, D.M.; Adler, B.; FEMS Immunol. Med. Microbiol. 2001, 31(1), 73-81. Genetic differences among the LPS biosynthetic loci of serovars of Leptospira interrogans and Leptospira borgpetersenii.
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Kawabata, H.; Dancel, L.A.; Villanueva, S.Y.; Yanagihara, Y.; Koizumi, N.; Watanabe, H.; Microbiol. Immunol. 2001, 45(6), 491-496. flaB-polymerase chain reaction (flaB-PCR) and its restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis are an efficient tool for detection and identification of Leptospira spp.
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Levett, P.N.; Clin. Microbiol. Rev. 2001, 14(2), 296-326. Leptospirosis.
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Lin, M.; Li, Y.; Curr. Microbiol. 2001, 43(6), 452-456. PCR genome walking identifies a genetic locus comprising two heat shock genes (hslV and hslU) from Leptospira borgpetersenii serovar hardjobovis.
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Nally, J.E.; Artiushin, S.; Timoney, J.F.; Infect. Immun. 2001, 69(12), 7616-7624. Molecular characterization of thermoinduced immunogenic proteins Q1p42 and Hsp15 of Leptospira interrogans.
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Nally, J.E.; Timoney, J.F.; Stevenson, B.; Infect. Immun. 2001, 69(1), 400-404. Temperature-regulated protein synthesis by Leptospira interrogans.
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Picardeau, M.; Brenot, A.; Saint Girons, I.; Mol. Microbiol. 2001, 40(1), 189-199. First evidence for gene replacement in Leptospira spp. Inactivation of L. biflexa flaB results in non-motile mutants deficient in endoflagella.
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Venkatesha, M.D.; Ramadass, P.; Indian J. Med. Microbiol. 2001, 19(2), 26-29. Identification of leptospiral isolates by bacterial restriction endonuclease analysis (Brenda).
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Vinetz, J.M.; Curr. Opin. Infect. Dis. 2001, 14(5), 527-538. Leptospirosis.
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Werts, C.; Tapping, R.I.; Mathison, J.C.; Chuang, T.H.; Kravchenko, V.; Saint Girons, I.; Haake, D.A.; Godowski, P.J.; Hayashi, F.; Ozinsky, A.; Underhill, D.M.; Kirschning, C.J.; Wagner, H.; Aderem, A.; Tobias, P.S.; Ulevitch, R.J.; Nat. Immunol. 2001, 2(4), 346-352. Leptospiral lipopolysaccharide activates cells through a TLR2-dependent mechanism.
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2000
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Alves, S.F.; Lefebvre, R.B.; Probert, W.; Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 2000, 95(4), 503-504. Amino acid sequences of proteins from Leptospira serovar pomona.
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Bourhy, P.; Saint Girons, I.; FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 2000, 191(2), 259-263. Localization of the Leptospira interrogans metF gene on the CII secondary chromosome.
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Bulach, D.M.; Kalambaheti, T.; de la Pena-Moctezuma, A.; Adler, B.; Infect. Immun. 2000, 68(7), 3793-3798. Functional analysis of genes in the rfb locus of Leptospira borgpetersenii serovar Hardjo subtype Hardjobovis.
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Bulach, D.M.; Kalambaheti, T.; de la Pena-Moctezuma, A.; Adler, B.; J. Mol. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 2000, 2(4), 375-380. Lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis in Leptospira.
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Girons, I.S.; Bourhy, P.; Ottone, C.; Picardeau, M.; Yelton, D.; Hendrix, R.W.; Glaser, P.; Charon, N.; J. Bacteriol. 2000, 182(20), 5700-5705. The LE1 bacteriophage replicates as a plasmid within Leptospira biflexa: construction of an L. biflexa-Escherichia coli shuttle vector.
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Haake, D.A.; Chao, G.; Zuerner, R.L.; Barnett, J.K.; Barnett, D.; Mazel, M.; Matsunaga, J.; Levett, P.N.; Bolin, C.A.; Infect. Immun. 2000, 68(4), 2276-2285. The leptospiral major outer membrane protein LipL32 is a lipoprotein expressed during mammalian infection.
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Heinemann, M.B.; Garcia, J.F.; Nunes, C.M.; Gregori, F.; Higa, Z.M.; Vasconcellos, S.A.; Richtzenhain, L.J.; Vet. Microbiol. 2000, 73(4), 261-267. Detection and differentiation of Leptospira spp. serovars in bovine semen by polymerase chain reaction and restriction fragment length polymorphism.
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Lee, S.H.; Kim, K.A.; Park, Y.G.; Seong, I.W.; Kim, M.J.; Lee, Y.J.; Gene 2000, 254(1-2), 19-28. Identification and partial characterization of a novel hemolysin from Leptospira interrogans serovar lai.
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Li, C.; Corum, L.; Morgan, D.; Rosey, E.L.; Stanton, T.B.; Charon, N.W.; J. Bacteriol. 2000, 182(23), 6698-6706. The spirochete FlaA periplasmic flagellar sheath protein impacts flagellar helicity.
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Li, C.; Motaleb, A.; Sal, M.; Goldstein, S.F.; Charon, N.W.; J. Mol. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 2000, 2(4), 345-354. Spirochete periplasmic flagella and motility.
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Matsuo, K.; Isogai, E.; Araki, Y.; Carbohydr. Res. 2000, 328(4), 517-524. Occurrence of [--> 3)-beta-D-Manp-(1 --> 4)-beta-D-Manp-(1 -->]n units in the antigenic polysaccharides from Leptospira biflexa serovar patoc strain Patoc I.
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Matsuo, K.; Isogai, E.; Araki, Y.; Microbiol. Immunol. 2000, 44(11), 887-890. Control of immunologically crossreactive leptospiral infection by administration of lipopolysaccharides from a nonpathogenic strain of Leptospira biflexa.
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Merien, F.; Truccolo, J.; Baranton, G.; Perolat, P.; FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 2000, 185(1), 17-22. Identification of a 36-kDa fibronectin-binding protein expressed by a virulent variant of Leptospira interrogans serovar icterohaemorrhagiae.
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Plank, R.; Dean, D.; Microbes Infect. 2000, 2(10), 1265-1276. Overview of the epidemiology, microbiology, and pathogenesis of Leptospira spp. in humans.
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Postic, D.; Riquelme-Sertour, N.; Merien, F.; Perolat, P.; Baranton, G.; Res. Microbiol. 2000, 151(5), 333-341. Interest of partial 16S rDNA gene sequences to resolve heterogeneities between Leptospira collections: application to L. meyeri.
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Renesto, P.; Lorvellec-Guillon, K.; Drancourt, M.; Raoult, D.; J. Clin. Microbiol. 2000, 38(6), 2200-2203. rpoB gene analysis as a novel strategy for identification of spirochetes from the genera Borrelia, Treponema, and Leptospira.
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Zuerner, R.; Haake, D.; Adler, B.; Segers, R.; J. Mol. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 2000, 2(4), 455-462. Technological advances in the molecular biology of Leptospira.
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Zuerner, R.L.; Hartskeerl, R.A.; van de Kemp, H.; Bal, A.E.; FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 2000, 182(2), 303-308. Characterization of the Leptospira interrogans S10-spc-alpha operon.
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1999
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Brenner, D.J.; Kaufmann, A.F.; Sulzer, K.R.; Steigerwalt, A.G.; Rogers, F.C.; Weyant, R.S.; Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1999, 49(Pt. 2), 839-858. Further determination of DNA relatedness between serogroups and serovars in the family Leptospiraceae with a proposal for Leptospira alexanderi sp. nov. and four new Leptospira genomospecies.
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Bughio, N.I.; Lin, M.; Surujballi, O.P.; Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. 1999, 6(4), 599-605. Use of recombinant flagellin protein as a tracer antigen in a fluorescence polarization assay for diagnosis of leptospirosis.
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De la Pena-Moctezuma, A.; Bulach, D.M.; Kalambaheti, T.; Adler, B.; FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 1999, 177(2), 319-326. Comparative analysis of the LPS biosynthetic loci of the genetic subtypes of serovar Hardjo: Leptospira interrogans subtype Hardjoprajitno and Leptospira borgpetersenii subtype Hardjobovis.
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Haake, D.A.; Mazel, M.K.; McCoy, A.M.; Milward, F.; Chao, G.; Matsunaga, J.; Wagar, E.A.; Infect. Immun. 1999, 67(12), 6572-6582. Leptospiral outer membrane proteins OmpL1 and LipL41 exhibit synergistic immunoprotection.
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Kalambaheti, T.; Bulach, D.M.; Rajakumar, K.; Adler, B.; Microb. Pathog. 1999, 27(2), 105-117. Genetic organization of the lipopolysaccharide O-antigen biosynthetic locus of Leptospira borgpetersenii serovar Hardjobovis.
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Lin, M.; Bughio, N.; Surujballi, O.; J. Med. Microbiol. 1999, 48(11), 977-982. Expression in Escherichia coli of flaB, the gene coding for a periplasmic flagellin of Leptospira interrogans serovar pomona.
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Sasaki, F.; Kano, R.; Nakamura, Y.; Tsujimoto, H.; Yamamoto, S.; Hasegawa, A.; Microbiol. Res. 1999, 154(2), 167-172. Phylogenetic analysis of Leptospira strains of pathogenic serovars using 23S rDNA gene sequences.
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Woo, T.H.; Patel, B.K.; Cinco, M.; Smythe, L.D.; Norris, M.A.; Symonds, M.L.; Dohnt, M.F.; Piispanen, J.; J. Microbiol. Methods 1999, 35(1), 23-30. Identification of Leptospira biflexa by real-time homogeneous detection of rapid cycle PCR product.
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1998
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Ballard, S.A.; Go, M.; Segers, R.P.; Adler, B.; Gene 1998, 216(1), 21-29. Molecular analysis of the dnaK locus of Leptospira interrogans serovar Copenhageni.
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Belfaiza, J.; Martel, A.; Margarita, D.; Saint Girons, I.; J. Bacteriol. 1998, 180(2), 250-255. Direct sulfhydrylation for methionine biosynthesis in Leptospira meyeri.
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Boursaux-Eude, C.; Saint Girons, I.; Zuerner, R.; Electrophoresis 1998, 19(4), 589-592. Leptospira genomics.
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Haake, D.A.; Martinich, C.; Summers, T.A.; Shang, E.S.; Pruetz, J.D.; McCoy, A.M.; Mazel, M.K.; Bolin, C.A.; Infect. Immun. 1998, 66(4), 1579-1587. Characterization of leptospiral outer membrane lipoprotein LipL36: downregulation associated with late-log-phase growth and mammalian infection.
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Takahashi, Y.; Akase, K.; Hirano, H.; Fukunaga, M.; Gene 1998, 215(1), 37-45. Physical and genetic maps of the Leptospira interrogans serovar icterohaemorrhagiae strain Ictero no.1 chromosome and sequencing of a 19-kb region of the genome containing the 5S rRNA gene.
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1997
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Bourhy, P.; Martel, A.; Margarita, D.; Saint Girons, I.; Belfaiza, J.; J. Bacteriol. 1997, 179(13), 4396-4398. Homoserine O-acetyltransferase, involved in the Leptospira meyeri methionine biosynthetic pathway, is not feedback inhibited.
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Burth, P.; Younes-Ibrahim, M.; Goncalez, F.H.; Costa, E.R.; Faria, M.V.; Infect. Immun. 1997, 65(4), 1557-1560. Purification and characterization of a Na+, K+ ATPase inhibitor found in an endotoxin of Leptospira interrogans.
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Corney, B.G.; Colley, J.; Graham, G.C.; J. Med. Microbiol. 1997, 46(11), 927-932. Simplified analysis of pathogenic leptospiral serovars by random amplified polymorphic DNA fingerprinting.
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Dai, B.; Chen, Z.; Yan, H.; Zhao, H.; Li, S.; Chin. Med. Sci. J. 1997, 12(1), 15-21. PCR amplification, molecular cloning, DNA sequence analysis and immuno/protection in BALB/C mice of the 33 kDa endoflagellar protein of L. interrorgans serovar lai.
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Letocart, M.; Baranton, G.; Perolat, P.; J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997, 35(1), 248-253. Rapid identification of pathogenic Leptospira species (Leptospira interrogans, L. borgpetersenii, and L. kirschneri) with species-specific DNA probes produced by arbitrarily primed PCR.
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Lin, M.; Surujballi, O.; Nielsen, K.; Nadin-Davis, S.; Randall, G.; Infect Immun. 1997, 65(10), 4355-4359. Identification of a 35-kilodalton serovar-cross-reactive flagellar protein, FlaB, from Leptospira interrogans by N-terminal sequencing, gene cloning, and sequence analysis.
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Merien, F.; Baranton, G.; Perolat, P.; Infect. Immun. 1997, 65(2), 729-738. Invasion of Vero cells and induction of apoptosis in macrophages by pathogenic Leptospira interrogans are correlated with virulence.
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Mitchison, M.; Bulach, D.M.; Vinh, T.; Rajakumar, K.; Faine, S.; Adler, B.; J. Bacteriol. 1997, 179(4), 1262-1267. Identification and characterization of the dTDP-rhamnose biosynthesis and transfer genes of the lipopolysaccharide-related rfb locus in Leptospira interrogans serovar Copenhageni.
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Parma, A.E.; Sanz, M.E.; Lucchesi, P.M.; Mazzonelli, J.; Petruccelli, M.A.; Vet. J. 1997, 153(1), 75-79. Detection of an antigenic protein of Leptospira interrogans which shares epitopes with the equine cornea and lens.
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Parma, A.E.; Seijo, A.; Lucchesi, P.M.; Deodato, B.; Sanz, M.E.; Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. Sao Paulo 1997, 39(4), 203-207. Differentiation of pathogenic and non-pathogenic leptospires by means of the polymerase chain reaction.
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Ramadass, P.; Meerarani, S.; Venkatesha, M.D.; Senthilkumar, A.; Nachimuthu, K.; Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997, 47(2), 575-576. Characterization of leptospiral serovars by randomly amplified polymorphic DNA fingerprinting.
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Woo, T.H.; Patel, B.K.; Smythe, L.D.; Symonds, M.L.; Norris, M.A.; Dohnt, M.F.; FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 1997, 155(2), 169-177. Comparison of two PCR methods for rapid identification of Leptospira genospecies interrogans.
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Woo, T.H.; Patel, B.K.; Smythe, L.D.; Symonds, M.L.; Norris, M.A.; Dohnt, M.F.; J. Clin. Microbiol. 1997, 35(12), 3140-3146. Identification of pathogenic Leptospira genospecies by continuous monitoring of fluorogenic hybridization probes during rapid-cycle PCR.
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Woo, T.H.; Smythe, L.D.; Symonds, M.L.; Norris, M.A.; Dohnt, M.F.; Patel, B.K.; FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 1997, 150(1), 9-18. Rapid distinction between Leptospira interrogans and Leptospira biflexa by PCR amplification of 23S ribosomal DNA.
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1996
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Bolin, C.A.; Zuerner, R.L.; J. Clin. Microbiol. 1996, 34(2), 424-425. Correlation between DNA restriction fragment length polymorphisms in Leptospira interrogans serovar pomona type kennewicki and host animal source.
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Kikuchi, N.; Hiramune, T.; Takahashi, T.; Yanagawa, R.; J. Vet. Med. Sci. 1996, 58(9), 915-917. Detection of leptospiral plasmid and comparison of plasmid profiles between virulent and avirulent leptospires.
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Shang, E.S.; Summers, T.A.; Haake, D.A.; Infect. Immun. 1996, 64(6), 2322-2330. Molecular cloning and sequence analysis of the gene encoding LipL41, a surface-exposed lipoprotein of pathogenic Leptospira species.
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Woo, T.H.; Smythe, L.D.; Symonds, M.L.; Norris, M.A.; Dohnt, M.F.; Patel, B.K.; FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 1996, 142(1), 85-90. Rapid distinction between Leptonema and Leptospira by PCR amplification of 16S-23S ribosomal DNA spacer.
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1995
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Boursaux-Eude, C.; Saint Girons, I.; Zuerner, R.; Microbiology 1995, 141(Pt. 9), 2165-2173. IS1500, an IS3-like element from Leptospira interrogans.
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Gerritsen, M.A.; Smits, M.A.; Olyhoek, T.; J. Med. Microbiol. 1995, 42(5), 336-339. Random amplified polymorphic DNA fingerprinting for rapid identification of leptospiras of serogroup Sejroe.
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Shang, E.S.; Exner, M.M.; Summers, T.A.; Martinich, C.; Champion, C.I.; Hancock, R.E.; Haake, D.A.; Infect. Immun. 1995, 63(8), 3174-3181. The rare outer membrane protein, OmpL1, of pathogenic Leptospira species is a heat-modifiable porin.
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Stamm, L.V.; Frye, J.G.; Hardham, J.M.; Gene 1995, 167(1-2), 339-340. Sequence of the Leptospira biflexa serovar patoc recA gene.
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Trueba, G.A.; Bolin, C.A.; Zuerner, R.L.; Gene 1995, 160(1), 133-134. Cloning of the pfaP gene of Leptospira borgpetersenii.
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Younes-Ibrahim, M.; Burth, P.; Faria, M.V.; Buffin-Meyer, B.; Marsy, S.; Barlet-Bas, C.; Cheval, L.; Doucet, A.; C.R. Acad. Sci. III 1995, 318(5), 619-625. Inhibition of Na,K-ATPase by an endotoxin extracted from Leptospira interrogans: a possible mechanism for the physiopathology of leptospirosis.
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Zuerner, R.L.; Alt, D.; Bolin, C.A.; J. Clin. Microbiol. 1995, 33(12), 3284-3289. IS1533-based PCR assay for identification of Leptospira interrogans sensu lato serovars.
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1994
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De Caballero, O.L.; Dias Neto, E.; Koury, M.C.; Romanha, A.J.; Simpson, A.J.; J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994, 32(5), 1369-1372. Low-stringency PCR with diagnostically useful primers for identification of Leptospira serovars.
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Kee, S.H.; Kim, I.S.; Choi, M.S.; Chang, W.H.; J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994, 32(4), 1035-1039. Detection of leptospiral DNA by PCR.
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Perolat, P.; Merien, F.; Ellis, W.A.; Baranton, G.; J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994, 32(8), 1949-1957. Characterization of Leptospira isolates from serovar hardjo by ribotyping, arbitrarily primed PCR, and mapped restriction site polymorphisms.
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Ralph, D.; McClelland, M.; J. Bacteriol. 1994, 176(19), 5982-5987. Phylogenetic evidence for horizontal transfer of an intervening sequence between species in a spirochete genus.
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Savio, M.L.; Rossi, C.; Fusi, P.; Tagliabue, S.; Pacciarini, M.L.; J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994, 32(4), 935-941. Detection and identification of Leptospira interrogans serovars by PCR coupled with restriction endonuclease analysis of amplified DNA.
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Vinh, T.; Faine, S.; Handley, C.J.; Adler, B.; FEMS Immunol. Med. Microbiol. 1994, 8(2), 99-107. Immunochemical studies of opsonic epitopes of the lipopolysaccharide of Leptospira interrogans serovar hardjo.
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Woodward, M.J.; Redstone, J.S.; Vet. Microbiol. 1994, 40(3-4), 239-251. Deoxynucleotide sequence conservation of the endoflagellin subunit protein gene, flaB, within the genus Leptospira.
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Zuerner, R.L.; Plasmid 1994, 31(1), 1-11. Nucleotide sequence analysis of IS1533 from Leptospira borgpetersenii: identification and expression of two IS-encoded proteins.
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1993
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Ballard, S.A.; Segers, R.P.; Bleumink-Pluym, N.; Fyfe, J.; Faine, S.; Adler, B.; Mol. Microbiol. 1993, 8(4), 739-751. Molecular analysis of the hsp (groE) operon of Leptospira interrogans serovar copenhageni.
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Cacciapuoti, B.; Ciceroni, L.; Hookey, J.V.; Zentralbl. Bakteriol. 1993, 278(4), 479-499. Chromosomal rearrangement and serovar conversion in Leptospira biflexa strains.
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Cinco, M.; Perticarari, S.; Presani, G.; Dobrina, A.; Liut, F.; J. Gen. Microbiol. 1993, 139(Pt. 12), 2959-2964. Biological activity of a peptidoglycan extracted from Leptospira interrogans: in vitro studies.
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Ding, M.; Yelton, D.B.; J. Gen. Microbiol. 1993, 139(Pt. 5), 1093-1103. Cloning and analysis of the leuB gene of Leptospira interrogans serovar pomona.
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Haake, D.A.; Champion, C.I.; Martinich, C.; Shang, E.S.; Blanco, D.R.; Miller, J.N.; Lovett, M.A.; J. Bacteriol. 1993, 175(13), 4225-4234. Molecular cloning and sequence analysis of the gene encoding OmpL1, a transmembrane outer membrane protein of pathogenic Leptospira spp.
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Herrmann, J.L.; Pathol. Biol. (Paris) 1993, 41(10), 943-950. Genomic techniques for identification of Leptospira strains.
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Hookey, J.V.; J. Gen. Microbiol. 1993, 139(8), 1681-1689. Characterization of Leptospiraceae by 16S DNA restriction fragment length polymorphisms.
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Hookey, J.V.; Bryden, J.; Gatehouse, L.; J. Gen. Microbiol. 1993, 139 (Pt. 11), 2585-2590. The use of 16S rDNA sequence analysis to investigate the phylogeny of Leptospiraceae and related spirochaetes.
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Livesley, M.A.; Thompson, I.P.; Bailey, M.J.; Nuttall, P.A.; J. Gen. Microbiol. 1993, 139 (Pt. 4), 889-895. Comparison of the fatty acid profiles of Borrelia, Serpulina and Leptospira species.
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Nagy, G.; Acta Vet. Hung. 1993, 41(3-4), 315-324. Comparative pathogenicity study of Leptospira interrogans serovar pomona strains.
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Nicholson, V.M.; Prescott, J.F.; Vet. Microbiol. 1993, 36(1-2), 123-138. Outer membrane proteins of three pathogenic Leptospira species.
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Perolat, P.; Lecuyer, I.; Postic, D.; Baranton, G.; Res. Microbiol. 1993, 144(1), 5-15. Diversity of ribosomal DNA fingerprints of Leptospira serovars provides a database for subtyping and species assignation.
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Ralph, D.; McClelland, M.; Welsh, J.; Baranton, G.; Perolat, P.; J. Bacteriol. 1993, 175(4), 973-981. Leptospira species categorized by arbitrarily primed polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and by mapped restriction polymorphisms in PCR-amplified rRNA genes.
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Ralph, D.; McClelland, M.; Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 1993, 90(14), 6864-6868. Intervening sequence with conserved open reading frame in eubacterial 23S rRNA genes.
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Ralph, D.; Que, Q.; Van Etten, J.L.; McClelland, M.; J. Bacteriol. 1993, 175(12), 3913-3915. Leptospira genomes are modified at 5'-GTAC.
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Rocha, T.; Cardoso, E.A.; Terrinha, A.M.; Nunes, J.F.; Hovind-Hougen, K.; Cinco, M.; Zentralbl. Bakteriol. 1993, 279(2), 167-172. Isolation of a new serovar of the genus Leptonema in the family Leptospiraceae.
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Savio, M.L.; Pacciarini, M.L.; Cinco, M.; Tagliabue, S.; New Microbiol. 1993, 16(4), 315-321. Identification of Leptospira interrogans strains by monoclonal antibodies and genomic analysis.
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Scocchi, M.; Romeo, D.; Cinco, M.; Infect. Immun. 1993, 61(7), 3081-3083. Antimicrobial activity of two bactenecins against spirochetes.
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Zuerner, R.L.; Ellis, W.A.; Bolin, C.A.; Montgomery, J.M.; J. Clin. Microbiol. 1993, 31(3), 578-583. Restriction fragment length polymorphisms distinguish Leptospira borgpetersenii serovar hardjo type hardjo-bovis isolates from different geographical locations.
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Zuerner, R.L.; Herrmann, J.L.; Saint Girons, I.; J. Bacteriol. 1993, 175(17), 5445-5451. Comparison of genetic maps for two Leptospira interrogans serovars provides evidence for two chromosomes and intraspecies heterogeneity.
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1992
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Baril, C.; Herrmann, J.L.; Richaud, C.; Margarita, D.; Girons, I.S.; J. Bacteriol. 1992, 174(23), 7566-7571. Scattering of the rRNA genes on the physical map of the circular chromosome of Leptospira interrogans serovar icterohaemorrhagiae.
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Baril, C.; Richaud, C.; Fournie, E.; Baranton, G.; Saint Girons, I.; J. Gen. Microbiol. 1992, 138(1), 47-53. Cloning of dapD, aroD and asd of Leptospira interrogans serovar icterohaemorrhagiae, and nucleotide sequence of the asd gene.
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Bergstrom, S.; Garon, C.F.; Barbour, A.G.; MacDougall, J.; Res. Microbiol. 1992, 143(6), 623-628. Extrachromosomal elements of spirochetes.
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Cho, S.N.; Uhm, J.R.; Kim, J.D.; Yonsei Med. J. 1992, 33(1), 24-31. Comparative analysis of lipopolysaccharide and lipid antigens of Leptospira interrogans serovars.
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Fukunaga, M.; Mifuchi, I.; Yanagihara, Y.; Okuzako, N.; Chem. Pharm. Bull. (Tokyo) 1992, 40(2), 544-546. Comparison of flanking regions of the 5S ribosomal ribonucleic acid genes in Leptospira biflexa and Leptospira interrogans.
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Gitton, X.; Andre-Fontaine, G.; Andre, F.; Ganiere, J.P.; Vet. Microbiol. 1992, 32(3-4), 293-303. Immunoblotting study of the antigenic relationships among eight serogroups of Leptospira.
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Herrmann, J.L.; Bellenger, E.; Perolat, P.; Baranton, G.; Saint Girons, I.; J. Clin. Microbiol. 1992, 30(7), 1696-1702. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of NotI digests of leptospiral DNA: a new rapid method of serovar identification.
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Hookey, J.V.; FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 1992, 69(3), 267-274. Detection of Leptospiraceae by amplification of 16S ribosomal DNA.
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Khisamov, G.Z.; Morozova, N.K.; Zentralbl. Bakteriol. 1992, 276(3), 347-355. Phospholipid catabolism enzymes of leptospires.
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Merien, F.; Amouriaux, P.; Perolat, P.; Baranton, G.; Saint Girons, I.; J. Clin. Microbiol. 1992, 30(9), 2219-2224. Polymerase chain reaction for detection of Leptospira spp. in clinical samples.
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Pacciarini, M.L.; Savio, M.L.; Tagliabue, S.; Rossi, C.; J. Clin. Microbiol. 1992, 30(5), 1243-1249. Repetitive sequences cloned from Leptospira interrogans serovar hardjo genotype hardjoprajitno and their application to serovar identification.
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Penn, C.W.; Bassford, P.J.; Yelton, D.B.; Dunn, J.; Nelson, D.R.; Fukunaga, M.; Stanek, G.; Res. Microbiol. 1992, 143(6), 605-613. Genetic approaches to cell biology and metabolism of spirochetes.
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Petchclai, B.; Hiranras, S.; Kunakorn, M.; Potha, U.; Liemsuwan, C.; J. Med. Assoc. Thai 1992, 75(Suppl. 1), 203-208. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for leptospirosis immunoglobulin M specific antibody using surface antigen from a pathogenic Leptospira: a comparison with indirect hemagglutination and microagglutination tests.
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Ramadass, P.; Jarvis, B.D.; Corner, R.J.; Penny, D.; Marshall, R.B.; Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1992, 42(2), 215-219. Genetic characterization of pathogenic Leptospira species by DNA hybridization.
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Schwan, T.G.; Schrumpf, M.E.; Gage, K.L.; Gilmore, R.D.; J. Clin. Microbiol. 1992, 30(3), 735-738. Analysis of Leptospira spp., Leptonema illini, and Rickettsia rickettsii for the 39-kilodalton antigen (P39) of Borrelia burgdorferi.
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Saint Girons, I.; Norris, S.J.; Gobel, U.; Meyer, J.; Walker, E.M.; Zuerner, R.; Res. Microbiol. 1992, 143(6), 615-621. Genome structure of spirochetes.
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Segers, R.P.; van Gestel, J.A.; van Eys, G.J.; van der Zeijst, B.A.; Gaastra, W.; Infect. Immun. 1992, 60(4), 1707-1710. Presence of putative sphingomyelinase genes among members of the family Leptospiraceae.
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Trueba, G.A.; Bolin, C.A.; Zuerner, R.L.; J. Bacteriol. 1992, 174(14), 4761-4768. Characterization of the periplasmic flagellum proteins of Leptospira interrogans.
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1991
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Brahamsha, B.; Han, C.Y.; Crawford, I.P.; Greenberg, E.P.; J. Bacteriol. 1991, 173(2), 541-548. Nucleotide sequence and analysis of a gene encoding anthranilate synthase component I in Spirochaeta aurantia.
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Brown, J.A.; LeFebvre, R.B.; Pan, M.J.; Infect. Immun. 1991, 59(5), 1772-1777. Protein and antigen profiles of prevalent serovars of Leptospira interrogans.
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Champagne, M.J.; Higgins, R.; Fairbrother, J.M.; Dubreuil, D.; Can. J. Vet. Res. 1991, 55(3), 239-245. Detection and characterization of leptospiral antigens using a biotin/avidin double-antibody sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and immunoblot.
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Fach, P.; Trap, D.; Guillou, J.P.; Lett. Appl. Microbiol. 1991, 12(5), 171-176. Biotinylated probes to detect Leptospira interrogans on dot blot hybridization or by in situ hybridization.
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Fukunaga, M.; Horie, I.; Mifuchi, I.; Takemoto, M.; J. Gen. Microbiol. 1991, 137(Pt. 7), 1523-1528. Cloning, characterization and taxonomic significance of genes for the 5S ribosomal RNA of Leptonema illini strain 3055.
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Haake, D.A.; Walker, E.M.; Blanco, D.R.; Bolin, C.A.; Miller, M.N.; Lovett, M.A.; Infect. Immun. 1991, 59(3), 1131-1140. Changes in the surface of Leptospira interrogans serovar grippotyphosa during in vitro cultivation.
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Herrmann, J.L.; Baril, C.; Bellenger, E.; Perolat, P.; Baranton, G.; Saint Girons, I.; J. Bacteriol. 1991, 173(23), 7582-7588. Genome conservation in isolates of Leptospira interrogans.
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Hookey, J.V.; Palmer, M.F.; Zentralbl. Bakteriol. 1991, 275(2), 185-199. A comparative investigation and identification of Leptospira interrogans serogroup icterohaemorrhagiae strains by monoclonal antibody and DNA fingerprint analyses.
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Mitchison, M.; Rood, J.I.; Faine, S.; Adler, B.; J. Gen. Microbiol. 1991, 137(7), 1529-1536. Molecular analysis of a Leptospira borgpetersenii gene encoding an endoflagellar subunit protein.
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Moribayashi, A.; Goto, N.; Arimitsu, Y.; Himeno, K.; Tatsuki, S.; Jpn. J. Med. Sci. Biol. 1991, 44(3), 87-97. Lipids and fatty acids of Leptospira interrogans serovar copenhageni virulent strain Shibaura.
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Paster, B.J.; Dewhirst, F.E.; Weisburg, W.G.; Tordoff, L.A.; Fraser, G.J.; Hespell, R.B.; Stanton, T.B.; Zablen, L.; Mandelco, L.; Woese, C.R.; J. Bacteriol. 1991, 173(19), 6101-6109. Phylogenetic analysis of the spirochetes.
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Stamm, L.V.; Gherardini, F.C.; Parrish, E.A.; Moomaw, C.R.; Infect. Immun. 1991, 59(4), 1572-1575. Heat shock response of spirochetes.
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Stamm, L.V.; Parrish, E.A.; Gherardini, F.C.; Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1991, 57(1), 183-189. Cloning of the recA gene from a free-living leptospire and distribution of RecA-like protein among spirochetes.
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Taylor, K.A.; Barbour, A.G.; Thomas, D.D.; Infect. Immun. 1991, 59(1), 323-329. Pulsed-field gel electrophoretic analysis of leptospiral DNA.
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Van Eys, G.J.; Gerritsen, M.J.; Korver, H.; Schoone, G.J.; Kroon, C.C.; Terpstra, W.J.; J. Clin. Microbiol. 1991, 29(5), 1042-1048. Characterization of serovars of the genus Leptospira by DNA hybridization with hardjobovis and icterohaemorrhagiae recombinant probes with special attention to serogroup sejroe.
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Woodward, M.J.; Sullivan, G.J.; J. Gen. Microbiol. 1991, 137(Pt. 5), 1101-1109. Nucleotide sequence of a repetitive element isolated from Leptospira interrogans serovar hardjo type hardjo-bovis.
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Zuerner, R.L.; Nucleic Acids Res. 1991, 19(18), 4857-4860. Physical map of chromosomal and plasmid DNA comprising the genome of Leptospira interrogans.
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Zuerner, R.L.; Knudtson, W.; Bolin, C.A.; Trueba, G.; Microb. Pathog. 1991, 10(4), 311-322. Characterization of outer membrane and secreted proteins of Leptospira interrogans serovar pomona.
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1990
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Ballard, S.A.; Faine, S.; Adler, B.; J. Gen. Microbiol. 1990, 136(9), 1849-1857. Purification and characterization of a protein antigen from Leptospira interrogans serovar hardjo, common to a wide range of bacteria.
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Baril, C.; Saint Girons, I.; FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 1990, 59(1-2), 95-99. Sizing of the Leptospira genome by pulsed-field agarose gel electrophoresis.
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Cacciapuoti, B.; Ciceroni, L.; Barbini, D.A.; Zentralbl. Bakteriol. 1990, 274(1), 16-27. Fatty acid profiles in the family Leptospiraceae.
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Goldstein, S.F.; Charon, N.W.; Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 1990, 87(13), 4895-4899. Multiple-exposure photographic analysis of a motile spirochete.
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Fukunaga, M.; Horie, I.; Mifuchi, I.; J. Bacteriol. 1990, 172(6), 3264-3268. Isolation and characterization of the 5S rRNA gene of Leptospira interrogans.
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Fukunaga, M.; Horie, I.; Okuzako, N.; Mifuchi, I.; Nucleic Acids Res. 1990, 18(2), 366. Nucleotide sequence of a 16S rRNA gene for Leptospira interrogans serovar canicola strain Moulton.
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Fukunaga, M.; Masuzawa, T.; Okuzako, N.; Mifuchi, I.; Yanagihara, Y.; Microbiol. Immunol. 1990, 34(7), 565-573. Linkage of ribosomal RNA genes in Leptospira.
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Fukunaga, M.; Mifuchi, I.; Yanagihara, Y.; Microbiol. Immunol. 1990, 34(10), 879-883. Cloning of genes for a hemolytic factor of Leptospira interrogans serovar autumnalis strain Congo 21-543.
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Hookey, J.V.; FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 1990, 60(3), 329-335. The detection of genetic variation in Leptospira interrogans serogroup icterohaemorrhagiae by ribosomal RNA gene restriction fragment patterns.
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Hsu, D.; Pan, M.J.; Zee, Y.C.; LeFebvre, R.B.; J. Bacteriol. 1990, 172(6), 3478-3480. Unique ribosome structure of Leptospira interrogans is composed of four rRNA components.
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Perolat, P.; Grimont, F.; Regnault, B.; Grimont, P.A.; Fournie, E.; Thevenet, H.; Baranton, G.; Res. Microbiol. 1990, 141(2), 159-171. rRNA gene restriction patterns of Leptospira: a molecular typing system.
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Ramadass, P.; Jarvis, B.D.; Corner, R.J.; Cinco, M.; Marshall, R.B.; Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1990, 40(3), 231-235. DNA relatedness among strains of Leptospira biflexa.
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Ramadass, P.; Marshall, R.B.; Jarvis, B.D.; Res. Vet. Sci. 1990, 49(2), 194-197. Species differentiation of Leptospira interrogans serovar hardjo strain Hardjobovis from strain Hardjoprajitno by DNA slot blot hybridisation.
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Richaud, C.; Margarita, D.; Baranton, G.; Saint Girons, I.; J. Gen. Microbiol. 1990, 136 (Pt. 4), 651-656. Cloning of genes required for amino acid biosynthesis from Leptospira interrogans serovar icterohaemorrhagiae.
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Saint Girons, I.; Margarita, D.; Amouriaux, P.; Baranton, G.; Res. Microbiol. 1990, 141(9), 1131-1138. First isolation of bacteriophages for a spirochaete: potential genetic tools for Leptospira.
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Segers, R.P.; van der Drift, A.; de Nijs, A.; Corcione, P.; van der Zeijst, B.A.; Gaastra, W.; Infect. Immun. 1990, 58(7), 2177-2185. Molecular analysis of a sphingomyelinase C gene from Leptospira interrogans serovar hardjo.
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Trueba, G.A.; Bolin, C.A.; Thoen, C.O.; J. Vet. Diagn. Invest. 1990, 2(4), 323-329. Evaluation of an enzyme immunoassay for diagnosis of bovine leptospirosis caused by Leptospira interrogans serovar hardjo type hardjo-bovis.
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Zuerner, R.L.; Bolin, C.A.; Vet. Microbiol. 1990, 24(3-4), 355-366. Related nucleic acid probe characterizes Leptospira interrogans serovars by restriction fragment length polymorphisms.
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Zuerner, R.L.; Charon, N.W.; J. Bacteriol. 1990, 172(10), 6165-6168. Nucleotide sequence analysis of the Leptospira biflexa serovar patoc rpsL and rpsG genes.
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1989
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Del Real, G.; Segers, R.P.; van der Zeijst, B.A.; Gaastra, W.; Infect. Immun. 1989, 57(8), 2588-2590. Cloning of a hemolysin gene from Leptospira interrogans serovar hardjo.
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Doherty, J.P.; Adler, B.; Rood, J.I.; Billington, S.J.; Faine, S.; J. Med. Microbiol. 1989, 28(2), 143-149. Expression of two conserved leptospiral antigens in Escherichia coli.
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Fukunaga, M.; Horie, I.; Mifuchi, I.; Nucleic Acids Res. 1989, 17(5), 2123. Nucleotide sequence of a 23S ribosomal RNA gene from Leptospira interrogans serovar canicola strain Moulton.
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Fukunaga, M.; Mifuchi, I.; J. Bacteriol. 1989, 171(11), 5763-5767. Unique organization of Leptospira interrogans rRNA genes.
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Fukunaga, M.; Mifuchi, I.; Microbiol. Immunol. 1989, 33(6), 459-466. The number of large ribosomal RNA genes in Leptospira interrogans and Leptospira biflexa.
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Masuzawa, T.; Nakamura, R.; Shimizu, T.; Iwamoto, Y.; Morita, T.; Yanagihara, Y.; Infect. Immun. 1989, 57(8), 2502-2506. Immunological characteristics of the glycolipid antigen of Leptospira interrogans serovar lai.
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Nielsen, J.N.; Armstrong, C.H.; Nielsen, N.C.; J. Clin. Microbiol. 1989, 27(12), 2724-2729. Relationship among selected Leptospira interrogans serogroups as determined by nucleic acid hybridization.
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Vinh, T.U.; Shi, M.H.; Adler, B.; Faine, S.; J. Gen. Microbiol. 1989, 135(10), 2663-2673. Characterization and taxonomic significance of lipopolysaccharides of Leptospira interrogans serovar hardjo.
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Yelton, D.B.; Peng, S.L.; J. Bacteriol. 1989, 171(4), 2083-2089. Identification and nucleotide sequence of the Leptospira biflexa serovar patoc trpE and trpG genes.
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1988
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Cacciapuoti, B.; Ciceroni, L.; Saito, T.; Ono, E., Yanagawa, R.; Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Mikrobiol. Hyg. [A] 1988, 269(1), 86-99. Broad reacting surface antigens in Leptospira biflexa serovar andamana.
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Cinco, M.; Banfi, E.; Panfili, E.; Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Mikrobiol. Hyg. [A] 1988, 269(3), 277-283. Leptospiral lipopolysaccharide presence in the outer envelope: electrophoretic evidence and immunological specificity.
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Ellis, W.A.; Thiermann, A.B.; Montgomery, J.; Handsaker, A.; Winter, P.J.; Marshall, R.B.; Res. Vet. Sci. 1988, 44(3), 375-379. Restriction endonuclease analysis of Leptospira interrogans serovar hardjo isolates from cattle.
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Goldstein, S.F.; Charon, N.W.; Cell Motil. Cytoskeleton 1988, 9(2), 101-110. Motility of the spirochete Leptospira.
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Hata, K.; Ono, E.; Yanagawa, R.; Microbiol. Immunol. 1988, 32(8), 817-832. Comparative studies of strains Ictero No. I and RGA as the type strain of Leptospira interrogans: agglutinin absorption test, protein and antigen profiles, and enzyme activities.
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Ito, T.; Takimoto, T.; Yanagawa, R.; Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Mikrobiol. Hyg. [A] 1988, 269(1), 15-25. Presence of a variety of antigenic variants belonging to at least 4 different serovars in a population of Leptospira interrogans serovar hebdomadis.
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Kelson, J.S.; Adler, B.; Chapman, A.J.; Faine, S.; J. Med. Microbiol. 1988, 26(1), 47-53. Identification of leptospiral flagellar antigens by gel electrophoresis and immunoblotting.
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Khisamov, G.Z.; Morozova, N.K.; J. Hyg. Epidemiol. Microbiol. Immunol. 1988, 32(1), 87-93. Fatty acids as resource of carbon for leptospirae.
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Van Eys, G.J.; Zaal, J.; Schoone, G.J.; Terpstra, W.J.; J. Gen. Microbiol. 1988, 134(3), 567-574. DNA hybridization with hardjobovis-specific recombinant probes as a method for type discrimination of Leptospira interrogans serovar hardjo.
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Yamaguchi, T.; Ono, E.; Ito, T.; Yanagawa, R.; Microbiol. Immunol. 1988, 32(10), 1007-1011. Restriction endonuclease DNA analysis of antigenic variants of leptospires selected by monoclonal antibodies.
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Yamaguchi, T.; Ono, E.; Yanagawa, R.; Microbiol. Immunol. 1988, 32(12), 1179-1187. Expression of antigen genes of Leptospira interrogans serovar canicola in Escherichia coli.
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Zuerner, R.L.; Bolin, C.A.; J. Clin. Microbiol. 1988, 26(12), 2495-2500. Repetitive sequence element cloned from Leptospira interrogans serovar hardjo type hardjo-bovis provides a sensitive diagnostic probe for bovine leptospirosis.
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Zuerner, R.L.; Charon, N.W.; J. Bacteriol. 1988, 170(10), 4548-4554. Nucleotide sequence analysis of a gene cloned from Leptospira biflexa serovar patoc which complements an argE defect in Escherichia coli.
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1987
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LeFebvre, R.B.; J. Clin. Microbiol. 1987, 25(11), 2236-2238. DNA probe for detection of the Leptospira interrogans serovar hardjo genotype hardjo-bovis.
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LeFebvre, R.B.; Thiermann, A.B.; Foley, J.; J. Clin. Microbiol. 1987, 25(11), 2094-2097. Genetic and antigenic differences of serologically indistinguishable leptospires of serovar hardjo.
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Neill, S.D.; Reid, R.L.; Weatherup, S.T.; Ellis, W.A.; Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Mikrobiol. Hyg. [A] 1987, 264(1-2), 137-144. The use of aminopeptidase substrate specificity profiles to identify leptospires.
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Niikura, M.; Ono, E.; Yanagawa, R.; Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Mikrobiol. Hyg. [A] 1987, 266(3-4), 453-462. Molecular comparison of antigens and proteins of virulent and avirulent clones of Leptospira interrogans serovar copenhageni, strain Shibaura.
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Saito, T.; Ono, E.; Yanagawa, R.; Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Mikrobiol. Hyg. [A] 1987, 266(1-2), 218-225. Enzyme activities of the strains belonging to family Leptospiraceae detected by the API ZYM system.
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Shimizu, T.; Matsusaka, E.; Nagakura, N.; Takayanagi, K.; Masuzawa, T.; Iwamoto, Y.; Morita, T.; Mifuchi, I.; Yanagihara, Y.; Microbiol. Immunol. 1987, 31(8), 717-725. Chemical properties of lipopolysaccharide-like substance (LLS) extracted from Leptospira interrogans serovar canicola strain Moulton.
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Shimizu, T.; Matsusaka, E.; Takayanagi, K.; Masuzawa, T.; Iwamoto, Y.; Morita, T.; Mifuchi, I.; Yanagihara, Y.; Microbiol. Immunol. 1987, 31(8), 727-735. Biological activities of lipopolysaccharide-like substance (LLS) extracted from Leptospira interrogans serovar canicola strain Moulton.
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Terpstra, W.J.; Korver, H.; Schoone, G.J.; von Leeuwen, J.; Schonemann, C.E.; de Jonge-Aglibut, S.; Kolk, A.H.; Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Mikrobiol. Hyg. [A] 1987, 266(3-4), 412-421. Comparative classification of Leptospira serovars of the Pomona group by monoclonal antibodies and restriction-endonuclease analysis.
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Vassilevska, M.; Folia Med. (Plovdiv) 1987, 29(2), 41-47. Protein composition of two strains of Leptospira at different stages of their development.
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Vassilevska, M.; Atanassov, N.; Folia Med. (Plovdiv) 1987, 29(2), 48-53. On the taxonomy of some pathogenic and saprophytic leptospires.
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1986
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Cinco, M.; Banfi, E.; Panfili, E.; J. Gen. Microbiol. 1986, 132(4), 1135-1138. Heterogeneity of lipopolysaccharide banding patterns in Leptospira spp.
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Isogai, E.; Isogai, H.; Kurebayashi, Y.; Ito, N.; Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Mikrobiol. Hyg. [A] 1986, 261(1), 53-64. Biological activities of leptospiral lipopolysaccharide.
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Kmety, E.; Mochmann, H.; Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Mikrobiol. Hyg. [A] 1986, 262(3), 298-303. What is the correct specific epithet for pathogenic Leptospirae?
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Le Febvre, R.B.; Thiermann, A.B.; Am. J. Vet. Res. 1986, 47(4), 959-963. DNA homology studies of leptospires of serogroups Sejroe and Pomona from cattle and swine.
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Vinh, T.; Adler, B.; Faine, S.; J. Gen. Microbiol. 1986, 132(1), 111-123. Glycolipoprotein cytotoxin from Leptospira interrogans serovar copenhageni.
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Vinh, T.; Adler, B.; Faine, S.; J. Gen. Microbiol. 1986, 132(1), 103-109. Ultrastructure and chemical composition of lipopolysaccharide extracted from Leptospira interrogans serovar copenhageni.
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Yelton, D.B.; Cohen, R.A.; J. Bacteriol. 1986, 165(1), 41-46. Analysis of cloned DNA from Leptospira biflexa serovar patoc which complements a deletion of the Escherichia coli trpE gene.
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1985
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Le Febvre, R.B.; Foley, J.W.; Thiermann, A.B.; J. Clin. Microbiol. 1985, 22(4), 606-608. Rapid and simplified protocol for isolation and characterization of leptospiral chromosomal DNA for taxonomy and diagnosis.
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Nunes-Edwards, P.L.; Thiermann, A.B.; Bassford, P.J.; Stamm, L.V.; Infect. Immun. 1985, 48(2), 492-497. Identification and characterization of the protein antigens of Leptospira interrogans serovar hardjo.
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Terpstra, W.J.; Korver, H.; van Leeuwen, J.; Klatser, P.R.; Kolk, A.H.; Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Mikrobiol. Hyg. [A] 1985, 259(4), 498-506. The classification of Sejroe group serovars of Leptospira interrogans with monoclonal antibodies.
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Thiermann, A.B.; Handsaker, A.L.; Moseley, S.L.; Kingscote, B.; J. Clin. Microbiol. 1985, 21(4), 585-587. New method for classification of leptospiral isolates belonging to serogroup pomona by restriction endonuclease analysis: serovar kennewicki.
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1984
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Bazovska, S.; Kmety, E.; Rak, J.; Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Mikrobiol. Hyg. [A] 1984, 257(4), 517-520. Differentiation of pathogenic and saprophytic leptospira strains.
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Gsell, O.; Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Mikrobiol. Hyg. [A] 1984, 257(4), 473-478. The history of leptospirosis: 100 years.
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Hyde, F.W.; Johnson, R.C.; J. Clin. Microbiol. 1984, 20(2), 151-154. Genetic relationship of lyme disease spirochetes to Borrelia, Treponema, and Leptospira spp.
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Johnson, R.C.; Hyde, F.W.; Rumpel, C.M.; Yale J. Biol. Med. 1984, 57(4), 529-537. Taxonomy of the Lyme disease spirochetes.
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Kefford, B.; Marshall, K.C.; Arch. Microbiol. 1984, 138(1), 84-88. Adhesion of Leptospira at a solid-liquid interface: a model.
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Yanagihara, Y.; Kamisango, K.; Yasuda, S.; Kobayashi, S.; Mifuchi, I.; Azuma, I.; Yamamura, Y.; Johnson, R.C.; Microbiol. Immunol. 1984, 28(5), 535-544. Chemical compositions of cell walls and polysaccharide fractions of spirochetes.
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Yanagihara, Y.; Kobayashi, S.; Mifuchi, I.; Microbiol. Immunol. 1984, 28(2), 189-196. Sugar synthesis in Leptospira. I. Presence of glucosephosphate isomerase.
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Yanagihara, Y.; Kobayashi, S.; Mifuchi, I.; Microbiol. Immunol. 1984, 28(5), 529-534. Sugar synthesis in Leptospira. II. Presence of glyoxylate cycle enzymes.
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Yanagihara, Y.; Taniyama, T.; Misaki, H.; Suzuki, Y.; Matsumoto, M.; Mifuchi, I.; Microbiol. Immunol. 1984, 28(7), 747-756. Related Phospholipases of Leptospira. I. Presence of phospholipase A1 and lysophospholipase in Leptospira biflexa.
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Yelton, D.B.; Charon, N.W.; Gene 1984, 28(2), 147-152. Cloning of a gene required for tryptophan biosynthesis from Leptospira biflexa serovar patoc into Escherichia coli.
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1983
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Adler, B.; Faine, S.; Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Mikrobiol. Hyg. [A] 1983, 255(2-3), 317-322. Species- and genus-specific antigens in Leptospira, revealed by monoclonal antibodies and enzyme immunoassay.
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Hathaway, S.C.; Blackmore, D.K.; Marshall, R.B.; Res. Vet. Sci. 1983, 34(1), 82-89. Leptospirosis and the maintenance host: a laboratory mouse model.
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Jennings, B.R.; Mincer, H.; Turner, J.; Baselski, V.; Kelly, R.T.; J. Clin. Microbiol. 1983, 18(5), 1250-1251. Use of avidin-biotinylated horseradish peroxidase complex for visualization of spirochetes.
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Miragliotta, G.; Fumarola, D.; Can. J. Comp. Med. 1983, 47(1), 70-72. In vitro effect of Leptospira icterohaemorrhagiae on human mononuclear leukocytes procoagulant activity: comparison of virulent with nonvirulent strain.
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Neill, S.D.; Reid, L.R.; Ellis, W.A.; J. Gen. Microbiol. 1983, 129(2), 395-400. Aminopeptidase activity of Leptospira strains.
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Terpstra, W.J.; Schoone, G.J.; Scand. J. Immunol. 1983, 18(2), 113-121. Analysis of Leptospira antigens by crossed immunoelectrophoresis.
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Westfall, H.N.; Charon, N.W.; Peterson, D.E.; J. Bacteriol. 1983, 154(2), 846-853. Multiple pathways for isoleucine biosynthesis in the spirochete Leptospira.
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1982
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Robinson, A.J.; Ramadass, P.; Lee, A.; Marshall, R.B.; J. Med. Microbiol. 1982, 15(3), 331-338. Differentiation of subtypes within Leptospira interrogans serovars Hardjo, Balcanica and Tarassovi, by bacterial restriction-endonuclease DNA analysis (BRENDA).
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1981
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Austin, F.E.; Barbieri, J.T.; Corin, R.E.; Grigas, K.E.; Cox, C.D.; Infect. Immun. 1981, 33(2), 372-379. Distribution of superoxide dismutase, catalase, and peroxidase activities among Treponema pallidum and other spirochetes.
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Hovind-Hougen, K.; Ellis, W.A.; Birch-Andersen, A.; Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Mikrobiol. Hyg. [A] 1981, 250(3), 343-354. Leptospira parva sp.npv.: some morphological and biological characters.
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Marshall, R.B.; Wilton, B.E.; Robinson, A.J.; J. Med. Microbiol. 1981, 14(1), 163-166. Identification of Leptospira serovars by restriction-endonuclease analysis.
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Wood, J.; Johnson, R.C.; Palin, K.; J. Clin. Microbiol. 1981, 13(1), 102-105. Surface colonies of Leptospira interrogans.
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1980
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Adler, B.; Faine, S.; Yanagawa, R.; J. Clin. Microbiol. 1980, 12(1), 7-9. Comparative studies on two antigens (F4 and TM) extracted from leptospires.
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Corin, R.E.; Cox, C.D.; Can. J. Microbiol. 1980, 26(2), 121-129. Characterization of leptospiral catalase and peroxidase.
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Ellinghausen, H.C.; Proc. Annu. Meet. US Anim. Health Assoc. 1980, 84, 240-264. A review of selected references dealing with Leptospira interrogans serovar (serotype) Hardjo.
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1979
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Bromley, D.B.; Charon, N.W.; J. Bacteriol. 1979, 137(3), 1406-1412. Axial filament involvement in the motility of Leptospira interrogans.
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Carleton, O.; Charon, N.W.; Allender, P.; O'Brien, S.; J. Bacteriol. 1979, 137(3), 1413-1416. Helix handedness of Leptospira interrogans as determined by scanning electron microscopy.
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1978
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Bisso, G.M.; Silva, I.; Merli, F.; Ann. Microbiol. (Paris) 1978, 129(3), 295-311. Gas-liquid-chromatography of trimethylsilyl derivatives from whole cell methanolysates of Leptospira : preliminary evaluation of its applicability to the taxonomy of the genus.
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Corin, R.E.; Boggs, E.; Cox, C.D.; Infect. Immun. 1978, 22(3), 672-675. Enzymatic degradation of H2O2 by Leptospira.
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Dikken, H.; Kmety, E.; de Geus, A.; Adinarayanan, N.; Timmer, V.E.; Trop. Geogr. Med. 1978, 30(4), 537-542. Two new leptospira serovars belonging to the Hebdomadis serogroup.
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Petrino, M.G.; Doetsch, R.N.; J. Gen. Microbiol. 1978, 109(1), 113-117. 'Viscotaxis', a new behavioural response of Leptospira interrogans (biflexa) strain B16.
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1977
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Adachi, Y.; Yanagawa, R.; Infect. Immun. 1977, 17(2), 466-467. Inhibition of leptospiral agglutination by the type-specific main antigens of leptospiras.
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Cinco, M.; Zentralbl. Bakteriol. [Orig. A] 1977, 239(3), 397-402. Factor analysis of serogroups botanica and aurisina of Leptospira biflexa.
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Cinco, M.; Stefanelli, I.; Zentralbl. Bakteriol. [Orig. A] 1977, 237(2-3), 337-341. Factor analysis of Basovizza serogroup of "Leptospira biflexa".
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Greenberg, E.P.; Canale-Parola, E.; J. Bacteriol. 1977, 131(3), 960-969. Relationship between cell coiling and motility of spirochetes in viscous environments.
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Nervig, R.M.; Ellinghausen, H.C.; Cardella, M.A.; Am. J. Vet. Res. 1977, 38(9), 1421-1424. Growth, virulence, and immunogenicity of Leptospira interrogans serotype szwajizak.
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Parnas, J.; Zentralbl. Bakteriol. [Orig. A] 1977, 239(3), 419-423. Leptospirae: their place in the systematics.
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1976
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Atanasov, N.; Vassilevska, M.; Popov, N.; Zentralbl. Bakteriol. [Orig. A] 1976, 236(4), 536-542. Electrophoresis of water-insoluble leptospiral proteins and the taxonomy of Leptospira.
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Cinco Del Fabbro, M.; Sottocasa, G.L.; Zentralbl. Bakteriol. [Orig. A] 1976, 236(2-3), 354-358. Studies on the role of sodium in the metabolism of halophilic leptospirae.
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Kaiser, G.E.; Doetsch, R.N.; J. Gen. Microbiol. 1976, 96(1), 25-33. The effects of alkalinity and hypertonicity on the morphology and motility of Leptospira interrogans (biflexa) strain B16.
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Manev, C.; Zentralbl. Bakteriol. [Orig. A] 1976, 236(2-3), 316-322. Serological characteristics of the Leptospira serogroup Pomona. I. Factor analysis of the reference strains.
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1975
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Azuma, I.; Taniyama, T.; Yamamura, Y.; Yanagihara, Y.; Hattori, Y.; Jpn. J. Microbiol. 1975, 19(1), 45-51. Chemical studies on the cell walls of Leptorspira biflexa strain Urawa and Treponema pallidum strain Reiter.
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Chernukha, Y.G.; Kokovin, I.L.; Ananyina, Y.V.; Ryabov, N.I.; Devyatova, A.P.; Zentralbl. Bakteriol. [Orig. A] 1975, 231(1-3), 175-179. Dependence of pathogenic properties of leptospires on animal subspecies.
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Cinco, M.; Tamaro, M.; Cociancich, L.; Zentralbl. Bakteriol. [Orig. A] 1975, 233(3), 400-405. Taxonomical, cultural and metabolic characteristics of halophilic leptospirae.
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Ezhov, G.I.; Kiktenko, V.S.; Berezov, T.T.; J. Hyg. Epidemiol. Microbiol. Immunol. 1975, 19(2), 246-253. Nucleic acid content and nucleotide composition of DNA in leptospirae.
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Zeigler, J.A.; VanEseltine, W.P.; Can. J. Microbiol. 1975, 21(7), 1102-1112. Isolation and chemical characterization of outer envelope of Leptospira pomona.
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1974
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Charon, N.W.; Johnson, R.C.; Peterson, D.; J. Bacteriol. 1974, 117(1), 203-211. Amino acid biosynthesis in the spirochete Leptospira: evidence for a novel pathway of isoleucine biosynthesis.
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Livermore, B.P.; Johnson, R.C.; J. Bacteriol. 1974, 120(3), 1268-1273. Lipids of the Spirochaetales: comparison of the lipids of several members of the genera Spirochaeta, Treponema, and Leptospira.
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