@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.63783-0, author = "Levett, Paul N. and Morey, Roger E. and Galloway, Renee L. and Steigerwalt, Arnold G.", title = "Leptospira broomii sp. nov., isolated from humans with leptospirosis", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2006", volume = "56", number = "3", pages = "671-673", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.63783-0", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.63783-0", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "PFGE, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis", abstract = "Isolates of Leptospira from two human cases of leptospirosis in Denmark and France were studied using DNA–DNA relatedness, G+C content, 16S rRNA gene sequence data and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. These isolates differed from previously described species of Leptospira and are defined as Leptospira broomii sp. nov. The type strain is 5399T (=ATCC BAA-1107T=KIT 5399T).", }