Author: Miladin Kostovic

# tunis

- `Genus:............ Leptospira`
- `Species:.......... borgpetersenii`
- `Serogroup:........ Tarassovi`
- `Serovar:.......... tunis`
- `Strain:........... P 2/65`
- `Year:............. 1969`
- `Origin:........... Pig`
- `Country:.......... Tunis`

### History of serovar:

The strain was isolated in 1965 from the kidney of a pig in Tunis and described as a new serovar named tunis, ref. strain P 2/65, by Bakoss (1969). The new serovar was recognized by the TSC in 1986 and included in the Revised List of 1988 (Kmety, Dikken, 1988).

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