Evolutionary insights into the emergence of virulent Leptospira spirochetes

• Alexandre Giraud-Gatineau,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Biology of Spirochetes Unit, Paris, France

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• Cecilia Nieves,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bacterial Symbionts Evolution, Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université du Québec, Laval, Canada

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• Luke B. Harrison,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bacterial Symbionts Evolution, Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université du Québec, Laval, Canada

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• Nadia Benaroudj,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Biology of Spirochetes Unit, Paris, France

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• Frédéric J. Veyrier,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bacterial Symbionts Evolution, Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université du Québec, Laval, Canada

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• Mathieu Picardeau

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mathieu.picardeau@pasteur.fr

  Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Biology of Spirochetes Unit, Paris, France

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5338-5579

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