TABLE 3.

Number of base pair differences in the 16S rRNA genes of type strains of Leptospira^a

Cladea	Species	No. of bp differences
		L. interrogans	L. alexanderi	L. borgpetersenii	L. kirschneri	L. noguchii	L. santarosai	L. weilii	Leptospira genomospecies 1	L. inadai	L. broomii	L. fainei	L. biflexa	L. meyeri	L. wolbachii	Leptospira genomospecies 3	Leptospira genomospecies 4	Leptospira genomospecies 5
Path	L. interrogans	0	15	11	2	10	18	14	14	72	76	72	205	213	205	207	207	209
	L. alexanderi		0	9	13	17	19	13	18	72	76	73	210	218	210	212	212	214
	L. borgpetersenii			0	9	11	12	6	15	71	72	71	208	215	208	209	209	212
	L. kirschneri				0	8	16	12	12	70	73	70	205	213	205	207	207	209
	L. noguchii					0	15	12	14	74	74	71	209	215	209	210	210	214
	L. santarosai						0	14	20	72	74	74	212	218	212	213	213	215
	L. weilii							0	16	76	76	73	209	215	209	210	210	214
	Leptospira genomospecies 1								0	71	74	71	210	218	210	212	212	215
Int	L. inadai									0	3	7	221	227	220	221	222	224
	L. broomii										0	4	225	230	224	225	226	227
	L. fainei											0	221	226	220	221	222	224
NonP	L. biflexa												0	10	6	4	3	10
	L. meyeri													0	10	12	9	6
	L. wolbachii														0	7	7	10
	Leptospira genomospecies 3															0	5	12
	Leptospira genomospecies 4																0	9
	Leptospira genomospecies 5																	0

^aPath, pathogenic; Int, intermediate; NonP, nonpathogenic. Insertion/deletions or mixed bases are considered mismatches.