@article {16080, title = {Serogroups and serotypes in Water-Leptospira strains}, journal = {Trop Geogr MedTrop Geogr Med}, volume = {22}, number = {2}, year = {1970}, note = {Using Smart Source Parsing
Jun}, pages = {237-44}, abstract = {A start has already been made in studying the systematics of saprophytic or "water" leptospirae. This investigation takes the matter further by isolating and studying some more strains from the Trieste area, from which the Patoc 1 strain was isolated a few years ago.
This investigation confirms the validity of the division of the complex of saprophytic leptospirae into serogroups and serotypes, as in the complex of parasitic leptospirae: like them also some water leptospirae of the same serogroup have been isolated at different times and in widely separated places.
15 strains were isolated from fresh water in the Trieste region by a filtration and culture technique which is described in detail. These were studied and compared with the water leptospirae already classified, by cross-agglutination and cross-absorption tests. The results are given in two detailed tables and a third sets out the classification of water leptospirae thus brought up to date, viz. 8 serogroups, 16 serotypes and 24 strains. [It is not made clear which are the new strains.]}, isbn = {0022-1732 (Print)
0022-1732 (Linking)}, author = {Cinco, M. and Petelin, N.} }