Molecular Detection of Pathogenic Leptospira sp. in Cetaceans from the Brazilian Coast

Figure 1

Maximum likelihood phylogenetic tree inferred from partial secY gene sequences from the present study (red arrow) and GenBank sequences from the main pathogenic Leptospira species. Sequences from marine mammals are represented by vectors. The cluster formed by a unique Leptospira interrogans haplotype from pinnipeds and cetaceans from the southeast/south littoral of Brazil (map) is highlighted in gray. Leptospira biflexa serovar Patoc is the outgroup taxa.