Gene locus, protein name, gene bank reference sequence, protein conservation, sequence of the primers employed for DNA amplification, and molecular mass of expressed recombinant proteins.

1http://aeg.lbi.ic.unicamp.br/world/lic/;2http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/protein/;3http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/blast/Blast.cgi/. This work, Lai: L. interrogans serovar Lai [56]; LBH: L. borgpetersenii serovar Hardjo-bovis [57]; LBP: L. biflexa serovar Patoc [58]; LlicsVM: L. licerasiae serovar Varillal [59]; LSS: L. santarosai serovar Shermani [60].aPreviously published by Domingos et al., 2012 [19].bPreviously published by Siqueira et al., 2013 [22].cPreviously published by Fernandes et al., 2012 [21].dPreviously published by Vieira et al., 2010 and Oliveira et al., 2011 [18], [36].ePreviously published by Souza et al., 2012 [20].