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. 2015 Apr 10;81(9):3176–3181. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00173-15

FIG 2.

FIG 2

Genetic organization of replication origins of prophages and plasmids identified in Leptospira spp. (A) Comparison of the organization of parA and parB in saprophytic and pathogenic Leptospira spp. Sequence analysis of L. mayottensis strain 200901116 reveals a putative replication origin constituted by genes encoding a DNA-binding protein that could constitute a Rep protein for initiation of plasmid replication and a ParA/ParB partitioning system. This genetic organization is similar to previously identified replication origins in L. biflexa (3, 7) and L. interrogans (8). (B) Sequence alignment of putative Rep proteins from L. mayottensis serovar Mini strain 200901116, L. interrogans strain UI08452, L. interrogans serovar Medanensis strain L0448, L. interrogans strain L0996, and L. interrogans serovar Zanoni strain LT2156. Identical residues are shaded in black, and conserved residues are shaded in gray.