Institut Pasteur, Unité Biologie des Spirochètes, Paris, France.
Methods Mol Biol. 2020;2134:271-275. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0459-5_24.
Leptospira spp. are morphologically and phylogenetically unique bacteria that are ubiquitous in the environment. Pathogenic species are the agents of leptospirosis, an emerging zoonotic disease transmitted to both human and animals from the environment contaminated with the urine of reservoir animals. The taxonomy of Leptospira has recently undergone extensive revisions with the use of whole-genome sequences, thus expanding considerably the number of species.
钩端螺旋体属细菌在形态和系统发育上具有独特性，广泛存在于环境中。致病性钩端螺旋体是钩端螺旋体病的病原体，这种新发的人畜共患病通过受感染动物尿液污染的环境从动物传播给人类。随着全基因组序列的应用，最近对钩端螺旋体的分类进行了广泛修订，从而大大增加了物种的数量。
