Genome Sequence of the Saprophyte Leptospira biflexa Provides Insights into the Evolution of Leptospira and the Pathogenesis of Leptospirosis

Mathieu Picardeau; Dieter M Bulach; Christiane Bouchier; Richard L Zuerner; Nora Zidane; Peter J Wilson; Sophie Creno; Elizabeth S Kuczek; Simona Bommezzadri; John C Davis; Annette McGrath; Matthew J Johnson; Caroline Boursaux-Eude; Torsten Seemann; Zoe Rouy; Ross L Coppel; Julian I Rood; Aurelie Lajus; John K Davies; Claudine Medigue; Ben Adler

Journal article

Genome Sequence of the Saprophyte Leptospira biflexa Provides Insights into the Evolution of Leptospira and the Pathogenesis of Leptospirosis

Mathieu Picardeau, Dieter M Bulach, Christiane Bouchier, Richard L Zuerner, Nora Zidane, Peter J Wilson, Sophie Creno, Elizabeth S Kuczek, Simona Bommezzadri, John C Davis, Annette McGrath, Matthew J Johnson, Caroline Boursaux-Eude, Torsten Seemann, Zoe Rouy, Ross L Coppel, Julian I Rood, Aurelie Lajus, John K Davies, Claudine Medigue Show all

PLoS One | PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE | Published : 2008

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001607

University of Melbourne Researchers

Torsten Seemann Author Microbiology and Immunology

Dieter Bulach Author Microbiology and Immunology

Grants

Awarded by French Ministry of Research ANR Jeunes Chercheurs

Awarded by Consortium National de Recherche en Genomique

Funding Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the following: National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia; Australian Research Council; U.S. Department of Agriculture; Institut Pasteur, Paris, France; French Ministry of Research ANR Jeunes Chercheurs (no. 05-JCJC-0105-01); Consortium National de Recherche en Genomique (no. RNG-20040057); ACI IMPBio 2004 (MicroScope project). Funders had no role in the planning, performance or analysis of the work.