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

Table 3 Similarity matrix constructed using the gyrB DNA sequences from pathogenic Leptospira species.

Leptospira species Details	Similarity Matrix (%)
L. weilii sv. Celledoni strain Celledoni	100
L. alexanderi sv. Manzhaung strain A23	96.5	100
L. borgpetersenii sv. Ballum strain Mus 127	94.3	96.1	100
L. santarosai sv. Shermani strain 1342K	88.6	90.6	90.6	100
L. genomospecies 1 sv. Pingchang strain 80–412	86.8	87.0	88.2	87.4	100
L. interrogans sv. Australis strain Ballico	84.7	85.1	84.5	85.5	83.9	100
L. kirschneri sv. Cynopteri strain 3522C	85.9	86.1	85.3	86.8	84.3	95.2	100
L. noguchii sv. Panama strain CZ 214K	85.7	85.7	85.3	86.4	84.3	92.5	92.9	100

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