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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