| leptospira kmetyi sp. nov., isolated from an environmental source in malaysia. | a single leptospira strain (designated bejo-iso9(t)) was isolated from a soil sample taken in johor, malaysia. the isolate showed motility and morphology typical of the genus leptospira under dark-field microscopy. cells were found to be 10-13 microm in length and 0.2 microm in diameter, with a wavelength of 0.5 microm and an amplitude of approximately 0.2 microm. phenotypically, strain bejo-iso9(t) grew in ellinghausen-mccullough-johnson-harris medium at 13, 30 and 37 degrees c, and also in the ... | 2009 | 19329592 |