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Title: LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS

Author
item SAINT GIRONS, ISABELLE - INSITUT PASTUER, FRANCE
item Zuerner, Richard

Submitted to: Book Chapter
Publication Type: Book / Chapter
Publication Acceptance Date: 5/13/1996
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Genetic maps were constructed for Leptospira interrogans serovars icterohaemorrhagiae and pomona. The genomes of both serovars consist of a large replicon (4.4 Mb to 4.6 Mb), and a small replicon (350 kb). Genes were localized on the physical maps. Most of the essential genes are on the larger replicon of each serovar. However, the smaller replicon of both hserovars contains the asd gene. The asd gene encode aspartate beta-semial biosynthesis. These data suggest that both replicons function as chromosomes.