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Norwegian rat

Animal common names
Norwegian rat
Family
Mammalia
Animal genus and species
Rattus norvegicus
Serovar
Javanica
Serogroup
Javanica
Species
L.borgpeterseni
Presumptive species
L.borgpeterseni


Country names
India
Other location data
Tiruchirappalli district, Tamil Nadu
Year
Not stated


Specimen type
Kidney
Detection method
Culture
Determining method
Sequencing and phylogeny based on a single gene
Gene
Lipl32, 16S


Number of animals with id isolates
2
Animal age class
Not stated
Animal health
Not stated

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Citation

Vedhagiri K, Natarajaseenivasan K, Prabhakaran SG, Selvin J, Narayanan R, Shouche YS, Vijayachari P, Ratnam S, 2010. Characterization of Leptospira borgpetersenii isolates from field rats (Rattus norvegicus) by 16S rRNA and LipL32 gene sequencing. Braz J Microbiol 41: 150-157.