Author | Cerqueira, Gustavo Maia de | |
Author | McBride, Alan John Alexander | |
Author | Picardeau, Mathieu | |
Author | Ribeiro, Samuel G | |
Author | Moreira, Ângela N | |
Author | Morel, Viviane | |
Author | Reis, Mitermayer Galvão dos | |
Author | Ko, Albert Icksang | |
Author | Dellagostin, Odir Antonio | |
Access date | 2014-04-14T18:30:01Z | |
Available date | 2014-04-14T18:30:01Z | |
Document date | 2009 | |
Citation | CERQUEIRA, G. M. et al. Distribution of the leptospiral immunoglobulin-like (lig) genes in pathogenic Leptospira species and application of ligB to typing leptospiral isolates. Journal of Medical Microbiology, v. 58, n. 9, p. 1173–1181, 2009. | pt_BR |
ISSN | 0022-2615 | |
URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/7520 | |
Language | eng | pt_BR |
Publisher | SGM | pt_BR |
Rights | open access | pt_BR |
Title | Distribution of the leptospiral immunoglobulin-like (lig) genes in pathogenic Leptospira species and application of ligB to typing leptospiral isolates. | pt_BR |
Type | Article | pt_BR |
DOI | 10.1099/jmm.0.009175-0 | |
Abstract | The family of leptospiral immunoglobulin-like (lig) genes comprises ligA, ligB and ligC. This study
used PCR to demonstrate the presence of lig genes among serovars from a collection of
leptospiral strains and clinical isolates. Whilst ligA and ligC appeared to be present in a limited
number of pathogenic serovars, the ligB gene was distributed ubiquitously among all pathogenic
strains. None of the lig genes were detected among intermediate or saprophytic Leptospira
species. It was also shown that, similar to the previously characterized secY gene, a short specific
PCR fragment of ligB could be used to correctly identify pathogenic Leptospira species. These
findings demonstrate that ligB is widely present among pathogenic strains and may be useful for
their reliable identification and classification. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Federal University of Pelotas. Biotechnology Centre. Pelotas, RS, Brasil / Institut Pasteur. Unité de Biologie des Spirochètes. Paris, France | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisa Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Institut Pasteur. Unité de Biologie des Spirochètes. Paris, France | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Federal University of Pelotas. Biotechnology Centre. Pelotas, RS, Brasil | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Federal University of Pelotas. Biotechnology Centre. Pelotas, RS, Brasil | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Institut Pasteur. Unité de Biologie des Spirochètes. Paris, France | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisa Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisa Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil / Division of International Medicine and Infectious Disease. Weill Medical College of Cornell University. New York, NY, USA | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Federal University of Pelotas. Biotechnology Centre. Pelotas, RS, Brasil | pt_BR |
DeCS | Antígenos de Bactérias/genética | pt_BR |
DeCS | Leptospira/classificação | pt_BR |
DeCS | Leptospira/genética | pt_BR |
DeCS | Antígenos de Bactérias/química | pt_BR |
DeCS | Antígenos de Bactérias/imunologia | pt_BR |
DeCS | Técnicas de Tipagem Bacteriana | pt_BR |
DeCS | Sequência de Bases | pt_BR |
DeCS | DNA Bacteriano/genética | pt_BR |
DeCS | Regulação Bacteriana da Expressão Gênica/fisiologia | pt_BR |
DeCS | Leptospira/imunologia | pt_BR |
DeCS | Leptospira/patogenicidade | pt_BR |
DeCS | Dados de Sequência Molecular | pt_BR |
DeCS | Filogenia | pt_BR |
DeCS | RNA Bacteriano/genética | pt_BR |