Leptospira fainei
| Leptospira fainei | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Spirochaetes |
| Order: | Spirochaetales |
| Family: | Leptospiraceae |
| Genus: | Leptospira |
| Species: | L. fainei
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| Binomial name | |
| Leptospira fainei Perolat et al. 1998
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Leptospira fainei is a pathogenic species of Leptospira, first isolated from pigs in Australia[1][2] and named for University of Otago and Monash University microbiologist Dr. Solomon Faine.
References[]
- ^ Perolat, P.; Chappel, R. J.; Adler, B.; Baranton, G.; Bulach, D. M.; Billinghurst, M. L.; Letocart, M.; Merien, F.; Serrano, M. S. (1998). "Leptospira fainei sp. nov., isolated from pigs in Australia". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 48 (3): 851–858. doi:10.1099/00207713-48-3-851. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9734039.
- ^ Arzouni, Jean-Pierre, et al. "Human infection caused by Leptospira fainei."Emerging infectious diseases 8.8 (2002): 865-8.
Further reading[]
- ; ; ; (January 2001). "First isolation of Leptospira fainei serovar Hurstbridge from two human patients with Weil's syndrome". Journal of Medical Microbiology. 50 (1): 96–100. doi:10.1099/0022-1317-50-1-96. PMID 11192512.
- ; ; ; ; ; (October 1998). "Serological titres to Leptospira fainei serovar hurstbridge in human sera in Australia". Epidemiology and Infection. 121 (2): 473–475. doi:10.1017/s095026889800137x. PMC 2809547. PMID 9825801.
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