TABLE 1.

Strains studied and their 16S rRNA gene GenBank accession numbers

Clade	Species	Serovar	Strain	GenBank accession no.	Diffa	Gapsb
Pathogenic	Leptospira interrogans	Icterohaemorrhagiae	RGAT ATCC 43642T	AY631894	R
	Leptospira interrogans	Australis	Ballico	AY996794	1	−1
	Leptospira interrogans	Autumnalis	Akiyami A	AY996791	1	−1
	Leptospira interrogans	Bulgarica	Mallika	AY996792	6	+1, −1
	Leptospira interrogans	Canicola	Hond Utrecht IV	AY996798	1	−1
	Leptospira interrogans	Copenhageni	M 20	AY996790	0	0
	Leptospira interrogans	Hardjo	Hardjoprajitno	AY996796	1	−1
	Leptospira interrogans	Hardjo	Lepto-0184	AY996797	1	−1
	Leptospira interrogans	Pomona	Pomona	AY996800	2	−1
	Leptospira interrogans	Pyrogenes	Salinem	AY996793	0	−1
	Leptospira alexanderi	Manhao 3	L60T ATCC 700520T	AY631880	13	+1, −1
	Leptospira alexanderi	Manzhuang	A23	AY996803	15	+3, −1
	Leptospira alexanderi	Nanding	M 6901	AY996804	12	+2, −1
	Leptospira borgpetersenii	Javanica	Veldrat Batavia 46T ATCC 43292T	AY887899	10	−1
	Leptospira borgpetersenii	Ballum	Mus 127	AY631884	10	−1
	Leptospira kirschneri	Cynopteri	3522 CT ATCC 49945T	AY631895	1	−1
	Leptospira kirschneri	Bim	1051	AY996802	1	−2
	Leptospira kirschneri	Bim	PUO 1247	AY996801	1	−1
	Leptospira noguchii	Panama	CZ 214T ATCC 43288T	AY631886	9	−1
	Leptospira santarosai	Shermani	LT 821T ATCC 43286T	AY631883	17	−1
	Leptospira santarosai	Georgia	LT 117	AY996805	15	−1
	Leptospira weilii	Celledoni	CelledoniT ATCC 43285T	AY631877	13	−1
	Leptospira genomospecies 1	Sichuan	79601T ATCC 700521T	AY631881	13	−1
Intermediate	Leptospira inadai	Lyme	10T ATCC 43289T	AY631896	R
	Leptospira inadai	Aguaruna	MW 4	AY631891	0	0
	Leptospira inadai	Kaup	LT 64-68	AY631887	1	0
	Leptospira broomii	Not designated	5399T ATCC BAA-1107T	AY796065	3	0
	Leptospira fainei	Hurstbridge	BUT 6T ATCC BAA-1109T	AY631885	7	0
	Leptospira fainei	Hurstbridge	BKID 6	AY996789	7	0
Nonpathogenic	Leptospira biflexa	Patoc	Patoc IT ATCC 23582T	AY631876	R
	Leptospira biflexa	Andamana	CH 11	AY631893	1	0
	Leptospira meyeri	Ranarum	Iowa City FrogT ATCC 43287T	AY631878	10	0
	Leptospira meyeri	Hardjo	Went 5	AY631889	10	0
	Leptospira meyeri	Semaranga	Veldrat Semarang	AY631892	8	0
	Leptospira wolbachii	Codice	CDCT ATCC 43284T	AY631879	6	0
	Leptospira wolbachii	Gent	Wa Gent	AY631890	6	0
	Leptospira genomospecies 3	Holland	WaZ HollandT ATCC 700522T	AY631897	4	0
	Leptospira genomospecies 4	Hualin	LT 11-33T ATCC 700639T	AY631888	3	0
	Leptospira genomospecies 5	Saopaulo	Sao PauloT ATCC 700523T	AY631882	5	0
Other	Leptonema illini	Illini	3055T	AY714984	R
	Leptonema illini	Habaki	Habaki	AY996806	10	0
	Turneriella parva	Parva	HT NCTC 11395T	AY293856	R
	Turneriella parva	Parva	S-308-81	AY398688	0	0

^aDiff, number of base pairs differing from the prototype strain in that clade. R, prototype strain for that clade.

^bGaps, insertion or deletions compared to the prototype strain.