Etymology:
Gr. adj. leptos, thin, narrow, fine; Gr. fem. n.speƮra, a coil, helix; N.L. fem. n.Leptospira, a thin helix or coil, referring to the morphology of the bacterium
Original publication:
Noguchi H. SPIROCHAETA ICTEROHAEMORRHAGIAE IN AMERICAN WILD RATS AND ITS RELATION TO THE JAPANESE AND EUROPEAN STRAINS : FIRST PAPER. J Exp Med 1917; 25:755-763.
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:
Faine and Stallman 1982
Faine S, Stallman ND. Amended descriptions of the genus Leptospira Noguchi 1917 and the species L. interrogans (Stimson 1907) Wenyon 1926 and L. biflexa (Wolbach and Binger 1914) Noguchi 1918. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1982; 32:461-463.
Notes:
Nomenclatural type of the family Leptospiraceae Hovind-Hougen 1979 (Approved Lists 1980).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.
Nomenclatural type of the order Leptospiriales (sic) Gupta et al. 2014.Publication:
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.
Nomenclatural type of the order Leptospirales corrig. Gupta et al. 2014.Publication:
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.
Breed et al. (1957) assigned this genus to 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.
The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Spirochaeta Ehrenberg 1835 (Approved Lists 1980).Publication:
Stimson AM. Note on an organism found in yellow-fever tissue. Public Health Report 1907; 22:541.
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.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 65 Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 66 Total number of child taxa: 69
Assigned by:
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.
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