Isolation and characterization of two novel plasmids from pathogenic Leptospira interrogans serogroup Canicola Serovar Canicola strain Gui44.

• Main Authors: Wei-Nan Zhu (Author), Li-Li Huang (Author), Ling-Bing Zeng (Author), Xu-Ran Zhuang (Author), Chun-Yan Chen (Author), Yan-Zhuo Wang (Author), Jin-Hong Qin (Author), Yong-Zhang Zhu (Author), Xiao-Kui Guo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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Previous genomic analysis of pathogenic Leptospira has identified two circular chromosomes but no plasmid. This study aims to investigate potential extrachromosomal elements of L.interrogans serovar Canicola strain Gui44.Two novel plasmids, pGui1 and pGui2, were isolated from the pathogenic strain G...