Table 1. Reference Leptospira isolates tested with the pathogenic and reference 16S rtPCRs.

Leptospires Obtained from the Leptospira Collection (CLEP) – Fiocruz (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Species	Serovar	Strain	CLEP Code
L. biflexa	Semaranga	Patoc 1	00015
L. biflexa	Andamana	CH11	00021
L. borgpetersenii	Tarassovi	Perepelitsin	00016
L. borgpetersenii	Javanica	Veldrat Batavia 46	00010
L. borgpetersenii	Castellonis	Castellon 3	00008
L. fainei	Hurstbridge	But 6	00026
L. interrogans	Icterohaemorrhagiae	RGA	00001
L. interrogans	Copenhageni	M20	00002
L. interrogans	Canicola	Hond Utrecht IV	00003
L. interrogans	Pomona	Pomona	00005
L. interrogans	Australis	Ballico	00006
L. interrogans	Autumnalis	Akiyami A	00017
L. interrogans	Pyrogenes	Salinem	00012
L. interrogans	Lai	Lai	00028
L. kirshneri	Grippotyphosa	Moskva V	00004
L. kirshneri	Mozdok	5621	00091
L. noguchii	Panama	CZ214K	00011
L. weilii	Vughia	LT 89–68	00040