Order Leptospirales
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Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Leptospirales corrig. Gupta et al. 2014, ord. nov.
Type order: ¤ Leptospira Noguchi 1917.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Brevinema, type genus of the order; suff. -ales ending to denote an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Brevinematales, the order of Brevinema.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 156. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64 (2014), 693-696.
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Effective publication: GUPTA, R. S., MAHMOOD, S. and ADEOLU, M. 2013. A phylogenomic and molecular signature based approach for characterization of the phylum Spirochaetes and its major clades: proposal for a taxonomic revision of the phylum. Front. Microbiol., 4, 217.
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Note: The connecting vowel -i- was removed on validation to read Leptospirales rather than Leptospiriales.
Reference: Validation List no. 156. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64 (2014), 693-696.
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