Genetic Evidence for a Potentially New Pathogenic Leptospira sp. Circulating in Bats from Brazilian Amazon

Figure 2

Neighbor-joining (NJ) phylogenetic tree inferred from rrs gene sequences (n = 249, 440 bp), including pathogenic Leptospira sp. previously identified in bats from different geographical localizations in the world (countries are represented by colors, as shown in the legend). The circles represent haplotypes and the numbers inside represent the “n” of sequences. The smaller circles without numbers indicate haplotypes with only one sequence. Sequences from the present study are represented by a red circle with a glow. The gray circle indicates the clade formed by sequences from the present study and those previously deposited on GenBank. Numbers at nodes are bootstrap values greater than 50%. Leptospira biflexa is the outgroup taxa. Detailed information about sequences included in the analysis is shown in Supplementary 2.