Table 1.

Amino acid sequence identities of VapCs within the same Leptospira strains.

A—L. interrogans Serovar Copenhageni str. Fiocruz L1-130—Identity (%)							B—L. biflexa Serovar Patoc Strain Patoc 1 (Ames)—Identity (%)
		VapC-1	VapC-2	VapC-3	VapC-4				VapC-1	VapC-2	VapC-3	VapC-4	VapC-5	VapC-6	VapC-7	VapC-8
VapC-1		100	19	23	18		VapC-1		100	17	13	24	19	19	27	21
VapC-2			100	19	17		VapC-2			100	18	23	19	22	20	17
VapC-3				100	26		VapC-3				100	27	22	16	16	19
VapC-4					100		VapC-4					100	22	22	22	28
							VapC-5						100	36	19	46
							VapC-6							100	17	38
							VapC-7								100	22
							VapC-8									100
C—L. licersiae Serovar Varillal str. VAR 010—Identity (%)
		VapC-1	VapC-2	VapC-3	VapC-4	VapC-5	VapC-6		VapC-7	VapC-8	VapC-9	VapC-10	VapC-11	VapC-12	VapC-13	VapC-14	VapC-15
VapC-1		100	26	18	19	28	17		22	14	24	18	17	14	23	21	14
VapC-2			100	13	19	31	21		18	17	19	16	19	17	20	21	17
VapC-3				100	21	14	17		19	17	20	17	24	17	22	23	17
VapC-4					100	18	21		28	25	21	18	22	25	20	31	25
VapC-5						100	23		18	21	24	20	18	21	21	19	21
VapC-6							100		16	18	32	19	16	18	21	21	18
VapC-7									100	32	18	19	18	32	18	22	32
VapC-8										100	23	19	20	100	15	23	100
VapC-9											100	17	20	23	19	25	23
VapC-10												100	20	19	12	21	19
VapC-11													100	20	20	17	20
VapC-12														100	15	23	100
VapC-13															100	20	15
VapC-14																100	23
VapC-15																	100

(A) VapCs of L. interrogans serovar Copenhageni Fiocruz L1-130. (B) VapCs of L. biflexa serovar Patoc 1 (Ames). (C) VapCs of L. licerasiae serovar Varillal strain VAR010.