Leptospira biflexa serovar Patoc strain 'Patoc 1 (Ames)'

Leptospira_biflexa
Names Leptospira biflexa serovar Patoc strain 'Patoc 1 (Ames)'
Accession numbers NC_010842, NC_010845, NC_010846
Background Leptospirosis is one of the most common zoonotic diseases in the world, resulting in high morbidity and mortality in humans and affecting global livestock production. Most infections are caused by either L.borgpetersenii or L.interrogans, bacteria that vary in their distribution in nature and rely on different modes of transmission. L.borgpetersenii uses a host-to-host mode of transmission, whereas L.interrogans is usually acquired from contaminated surface water. Leptospira biflexa is a free-living, saprophytic, aquatic spirochete. Its sequence will provide insights the differences between saprophytic and pathogenic species. L. biflexa serovar Patoc strain Patoc1, was initially isolated from stream water. Two strains that have been maintained separately for 17 years have been sequenced. One was maintained in the collection of the National Reference Center of Leptospira (Institut Pasteur, Paris, France) and designated the Paris strain (LEPBP); the second strain was derived from the same source but kept in the culture collection at the National Animal Disease Center (NADC), Ames, IA since 1990 and is designated the Ames strain. (HAMAP: LEPBA)
Taxonomy
Kingdom:Bacteria
Phylum:Spirochaetes
Class:NA
Order:NA
Family:NA
Genus:NA
Species:NA
Strain Patoc 1 (Ames)
Complete Yes
Sequencing centre (20-JUL-2007) Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Building 53, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
(26-JUL-2007) National Center for Biotechnology Information, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA
Sequencing quality Level 6: Finished
Sequencing depth NA
Sequencing method Sanger
Isolation site "Stream water and kept in the culture collection at the National Animal Disease Center (NADC), Ames, IA since 1990"
Isolation country NA
Number of replicons 3
Gram staining properties Negative
Shape Spirilla
Mobility No
Flagellar presence Yes
Number of membranes 2
Oxygen requirements Aerobic
Optimal temperature NA
Temperature range Mesophilic
Habitat Multiple
Biotic relationship Free living
Host name NA
Cell arrangement Singles
Sporulation Nonsporulating
Metabolism NA
Energy source NA
Diseases NA
Pathogenicity No