Identification of pathogenic Leptospira species by conventional or real-time PCR and sequencing of the DNA gyrase subunit B encoding gene

Table 2 Similarity matrix constructed using the 16s rRNA DNA sequences from pathogenic Leptospira species.

Leptospira species Details	Similarity Matrix (%)
L. weilii sv. Celledoni strain Celledoni	100
L. alexanderi sv. Manzhaung strain A23	99.0	100
L. borgpetersenii sv. Ballum strain Mus 127	99.6	99.3	100
L. santarosai sv. Shermani strain 1342K	99.1	98.6	99.2	100
L. genomospecies 1 sv. Pingchang strain 80–412	98.9	98.7	99.0	98.6	100
L. interrogans sv. Australis strain Ballico	99.1	98.9	99.3	98.8	99.1	100
L. kirschneri sv. Cynopteri strain 3522C	99.2	99.0	99.4	98.9	99.2	99.9	100
L. noguchii sv. Panama strain CZ 214K	99.2	98.8	99.3	99.1	99.1	99.4	99.5	100

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