What Makes a Bacterial Species Pathogenic?:Comparative Genomic Analysis of the Genus Leptospira.

• Main Authors: Derrick E Fouts (Author), Michael A Matthias (Author), Haritha Adhikarla (Author), Ben Adler (Author), Luciane Amorim-Santos (Author), Douglas E Berg (Author), Dieter Bulach (Author), Alejandro Buschiazzo (Author), Yung-Fu Chang (Author), Renee L Galloway (Author), David A Haake (Author), Daniel H Haft (Author), Rudy Hartskeerl (Author), Albert I Ko (Author), Paul N Levett (Author), James Matsunaga (Author), Ariel E Mechaly (Author), Jonathan M Monk (Author), Ana L T Nascimento (Author), Karen E Nelson (Author), Bernhard Palsson (Author), Sharon J Peacock (Author), Mathieu Picardeau (Author), Jessica N Ricaldi (Author), Janjira Thaipandungpanit (Author), Elsio A Wunder (Author), X Frank Yang (Author), Jun-Jie Zhang (Author), Joseph M Vinetz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Leptospirosis, caused by spirochetes of the genus Leptospira, is a globally widespread, neglected and emerging zoonotic disease. While whole genome analysis of individual pathogenic, intermediately pathogenic and saprophytic Leptospira species has been reported, comprehensive cross-species genomic c...