Table 1.

Pathogenic, intermediate and nonpathogenic Leptospira strains used for sensitivity and specificity tests and results from TaqMan real-time PCR and 16S PCR assays.

Species	Serogroup	Serovar	Strain	TaqMan lipl32	PCR 16S
Pathogenic
L. interrogans	Pomona	Pomona	pomona	+	+
	Canicola	Canicola	Hond Utrecht IV	+	+
	Icterohaemorrhagiae	Icterohaemorrhagiae	rga	+	+
	Icterohaemorrhagiae	Copenhageni	m20	+	+
	Sejroe	Hardjo (Hardjoprajitno)	hardjoprajitno	+	+
L. kirschneri	Autumnalis	Butembo	butembo	+	+
	Cynopteri	Cynopteri	3522c	+	+
	Pomona	Mozdok	m36/05	+	+
L. santarosai	Shermani	Shermani	1342k	+	+
	Grippothyphosa	Bananal	2a/cap	+	+
	Sejroe	Guaricura	guaicurus	+	+
L. borgpetersenii	Ballum	Castellonis	castellon 3	+	+
	Celledoni	Whitcombi	whitcomb	+	+
	Javanica	Javanica	veldrat batavia 46	+	+
	Mini	Mini	sari	+	+
L. noguchii	Panama	Panama	cz 214	+	+
	Panama		u73	+	+
Intermediate/nonpathogenic
L. inadai	Lyme		m34/99	−	+
L. meyeri			19cap	−	+
L. biflexa	Doberdo	Rufino	rpe	−	+
	Seramanga	Patoc	patoc	−	+
	Nazaré	Nazaré	nazaré	−	+
	Andamana	Bovedo	bovedo	−	+
		Buenos Aires	buenos aires	−	+
	Garcia	Garcia	garcia	−	+