<i>Leptospira</i> Is an Environmental Bacterium That Grows in Waterlogged Soil-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Leptospira Is an Environmental Bacterium That Grows in Waterlogged Soil

Published:2022-04-27 Issue:2 Volume:10 Page:
ISSN:2165-0497
Container-title:Microbiology Spectrum
language:en
Short-container-title:Microbiol Spectr

Author:

Yanagihara Yasutake¹²,Villanueva Sharon Y. A. M.³,Nomura Naoki¹,Ohno Marumi¹^ORCID,Sekiya Toshiki¹⁴,Handabile Chimuka¹,Shingai Masashi¹⁴,Higashi Hideaki¹,Yoshida Shin-ichi⁵,Masuzawa Toshiyuki⁶,Gloriani Nina G.⁷,Saito Mitsumasa⁸,Kida Hiroshi¹⁴⁹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. International Institute for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

2. University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan

3. Department of Medical Microbiology, College of Public Health, University of the Philippines–Manila, Manila, Philippines

4. International Collaboration Unit, International Institute for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

5. Department of Bacteriology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

6. Laboratory of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba Institute of Science, Chiba, Japan

7. Institute of Pathology, St Luke’s Medical Center, Quezon City, Philippines

8. Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan

9. Collaborating Research Center for the Control of Infectious Diseases, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

Abstract

Since research on Leptospira has focused on pathogenic leptospires, which are supposed to multiply only in animal hosts, the life cycle of saprophytic leptospires has long been a mystery. This study demonstrates that both pathogenic and saprophytic leptospires multiply in the waterlogged soil, which mimics the postflooding environment.

Funder

Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development

MEXT | JST | Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development

MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Cell Biology,Microbiology (medical),Genetics,General Immunology and Microbiology,Ecology,Physiology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/spectrum.02157-21

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