Abstract
Leptospirosis is a zoonosis transmitted by contact with environments contaminated by pathogenic bacteria of the genus Leptospira. These Gram-negative bacteria have a two-step protein transporter for the external environment, called the type II secretion system (T2SS). Leptospira interrogans serovar Copenhageni strain Fiocruz L1-130, has a T2SS cluster consisting of 17 genes (LIC_11567 - L…