Name: Leptospira Noguchi 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. adj. leptos, thin, narrow, fine; Gr. fem. n. spira, a coil, helix; N.L. fem. n. Leptospira, a thin helix or coil, referring to the morphology of the bacterium

Type species: Leptospira interrogans (Stimson 1907) Wenyon 1926 (Approved Lists 1980)

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Effective 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 26
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 27
Total number of child taxa: 27

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Leptospira alexanderi Brenner et al. 1999	validly published	correct name
    Leptospira alstonii Smythe et al. 2013	validly published	correct name
    Leptospira biflexa (Wolbach and Binger 1914) Noguchi 1918 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	correct name
    Leptospira borgpetersenii Yasuda et al. 1987	validly published	correct name
    Leptospira broomii Levett et al. 2006	validly published	correct name
    Leptospira ellinghausenii Masuzawa et al. 2019	validly published	correct name
    Leptospira fainei Perolat et al. 1998	validly published	correct name
    Leptospira idonii Saito et al. 2013	validly published	correct name
    Leptospira inadai Yasuda et al. 1987	validly published	correct name
    Leptospira interrogans (Stimson 1907) Wenyon 1926 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	correct name
    Leptospira johnsonii Masuzawa et al. 2019	validly published	correct name
    Leptospira kirschneri Ramadass et al. 1992	validly published	correct name
    Leptospira kmetyi Slack et al. 2009	validly published	correct name
    Leptospira licerasiae Matthias et al. 2009	validly published	correct name
    Leptospira mayottensis Bourhy et al. 2014	validly published	correct name
    Leptospira meyeri Yasuda et al. 1987	validly published	correct name
    Leptospira noguchii Yasuda et al. 1987	validly published	correct name
    Leptospira parva Hovind-Hougen et al. 1982	validly published	synonym
    Leptospira ryugenii Masuzawa et al. 2019	validly published	correct name
    Leptospira santarosai Yasuda et al. 1987	validly published	correct name
    Leptospira terpstrae Smythe et al. 2013	validly published	correct name
    Leptospira vanthielii Smythe et al. 2013	validly published	correct name
    Leptospira venezuelensis Puche et al. 2018	validly published	correct name
    Leptospira weilii Yasuda et al. 1987	validly published	correct name
    Leptospira wolbachii Yasuda et al. 1987	validly published	correct name
    Leptospira wolffii Slack et al. 2008	validly published	correct name
    Leptospira yanagawae Smythe et al. 2013	validly published	correct name

Parent taxon: Leptospiraceae Hovind-Hougen 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)

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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