CLASSIFICATION OF LEPTOSPIRES OF THE PYROGENES SEROGROUP ISOLATED FROM CATTLE IN ZIMBABWE BY CROSS-AGGLUTININ ABSORPTION AND RESTRICTION-FRAGMENT-LENGTH-POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS

Authors
FERESU SB BOLIN CA KORVER H TERPSTRA WJ
Citation
Sb. Feresu et al., CLASSIFICATION OF LEPTOSPIRES OF THE PYROGENES SEROGROUP ISOLATED FROM CATTLE IN ZIMBABWE BY CROSS-AGGLUTININ ABSORPTION AND RESTRICTION-FRAGMENT-LENGTH-POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS, International journal of systematic bacteriology, 44(3), 1994, pp. 541-546
Citations number
35
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
International journal of systematic bacteriology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00207713
Volume
44
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
541 - 546
Database
ISI
SICI code
0020-7713(1994)44:3<541:COLOTP>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Five strains of the genus Leptospira belonging to serogroup Pyrogenes were isolated from cattle slaughtered in Zimbabwe and subjected to cro ss-agglutinin absorption and restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis. One strain, SBF 2, represents a new genetic strain of serova r kwale, while another strain, SBF 49, is a new genetic strain closely related to serovar nigeria. Three strains belong to a new serovar for which the name mombe with reference strain SBF 20 is proposed. Restri ction fragment length polymorphism analysis indicated that each of the se three strains represents a different restriction polymorphism patte rn group.