RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Bourhy, Pascale A1 Collet, Louis A1 Brisse, Sylvain A1 Picardeau, MathieuYR 2014 T1 Leptospira mayottensis sp. nov., a pathogenic species of the genus Leptospira isolated from humans JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 64 IS Pt_12 SP 4061 OP 4067 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.066597-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB A group of strains representing species of the genus Leptospira, isolated from patients with leptospirosis in Mayotte (Indian Ocean), were previously found to be considerably divergent from other known species of the genus Leptospira . This was inferred from sequence analysis of rrs (16S rRNA) and other genetic loci and suggests that they belong to a novel species. Two strains from each serogroup currently identified within this novel species were studied. Spirochaete, aerobic, motile, helix-shaped strains grew well at 30–37 °C, but not at 13 °C or in the presence of 8-azaguanine. Draft genomes of the strains were also analysed to study the DNA relatedness with other species of the genus Leptospira . The new isolates formed a distinct clade, which was most closely related to Leptospira borgpetersenii , in multilocus sequence analysis using concatenated sequences of the genes rpoB, recA, fusA, gyrB, leuS and sucA. Analysis of average nucleotide identity and genome-to-genome distances, which have recently been proposed as reliable substitutes for classical DNA–DNA hybridization, further confirmed that these isolates should be classified as representatives of a novel species. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 39.5 mol%. These isolates are considered to represent a novel species, for which the name Leptospira mayottensis sp. nov. is proposed, with 200901116T ( = CIP 110703T = DSM 28999T) as the type strain., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.066597-0