The organization of leptospira at a genomic level

Abstract

The complete nucleotide sequences of three and, in the not too distant future, six strains from the genus Leptospira will be available. Managing and maintaining these data will be a perpetual problem unless a system is devised to address this issue. We propose a central role for the International Union of Microbiological Societies Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Leptospira in maintaining and updating the annotated leptospiral genome sequences. The first step in this process is provided as part of this publication, namely a revision of the annotation of the three published genomes, and an internet location for the current versions of these genomes. © 2006 Humana Press Inc.