Etymology:N.L. fem. n.Leptospira, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. suff.-aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n.Leptospiraceae, the Leptospira family
Original publication:
Hovind-Hougen K. Leptospiraceae, a new family to Include Leptospira Noguchi 1917 and Leptonema gen. Nov. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1979; 29:245-251.
IJSEM list:
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
Nomenclatural status:
validly published
Taxonomic status:
correct name
Emendations:
Levett et al. 2005
Levett PN, Morey RE, Galloway R, Steigerwalt AG, Ellis WA. Reclassification of Leptospira parva Hovind-Hougen et al. 1982 as Turneriella parva gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1497-1499.
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2239-2241.
Notes:
Boone et al. (2001) assigned this family to the order Spirochaetales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980).Publication:
Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Treponemataceae Robinson 1948 (Approved Lists 1980).Publication:
Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP.Publication:
Levett PN, Picardeau M. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Leptospiraceae. Minutes of the closed meeting, 28 November 2017, Palmerston North, New Zealand. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3362.
This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP.Publication:
Marshall R. INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ON SYSTEMATIC BACTERIOLOGY, SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE TAXONOMY OF LEPTOSPIRA: Minutes of the meetings, 13 and 15 September 1990, Osaka, Japan. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1992; 42:330-334.
This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP.Publication:
Levett PN, Picardeau M. International Committee on Systematics of ProkaryotesSubcommittee on the taxonomy of LeptospiraceaeMinutes of the closed meeting, 8 October 2015, Semarang, Indonesia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:523.
On the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names, this nomenclatural name is incorrectly cited as Leptospiraceae Hovind-Houger (sic) 1978 (sic) [1].Publication:
Hill LR, Skerman VBD, Sneath PHA. Corrigenda to the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names edited for the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:508-511.
This corrigendum has been omitted from the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names (Amended Edition) [2].Publication:
Euzéby JP. Corrigenda to the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names and to the amended edition of the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:1271-1272.
Subdivision:
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3 Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3 Total number of child taxa: 4
Assigned by:
Gupta RS, Mahmood S, Adeolu M. A phylogenomic and molecular signature based approach for characterization of the phylum Spirochaetes and its major clades: proposal for a taxonomic revision of the phyum. Frontiers Microbiol 4, 217 [erratum]. Frontiers Microbiol 2013; 4:322.
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