Name: Leptospira Noguchi 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: Gr. masc. adj. leptos, thin, narrow, fine; Gr. fem. n. speîra, a coil, helix; N.L. fem. n. Leptospira, a thin helix or coil, referring to the morphology of the bacterium
Gender: feminine (stem: Leptospir-)
Type species: Leptospira interrogans (Stimson 1907) Wenyon 1926 (Approved Lists 1980)
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
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 under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 68
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 71
Total number of child taxa: 82
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
---|---|---|
Leptospira abararensis Korba et al. 2021 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira adleri Thibeaux et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira ainazelensis Korba et al. 2021 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira ainlahdjerensis Korba et al. 2021 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira alexanderi Brenner et al. 1999 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira alstonii Smythe et al. 2013 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Leptospira andamana" Tripathy et al. 1971 | not validly published | |
Leptospira andrefontaineae Vincent et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira bandrabouensis Vincent et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira barantonii Thibeaux et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira biflexa (Wolbach and Binger 1914) Noguchi 1918 (Approved Lists 1980) | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira borgpetersenii Yasuda et al. 1987 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira bourretii Vincent et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira bouyouniensis Vincent et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira brenneri Thibeaux et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Leptospira brihuegai" Grune Loffler et al. 2015 | not validly published | |
Leptospira broomii Levett et al. 2006 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira chreensis Korba et al. 2021 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira congkakensis Vincent et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira dzianensis Vincent et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Leptospira dzoumogneensis Vincent et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Leptospira ellinghausenii" Vincent et al. 2019 | not validly published | |
Leptospira ellinghausenii Masuzawa et al. 2019 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira ellisii Thibeaux et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira fainei Perolat et al. 1998 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira fletcheri Vincent et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Leptospira fluminis" Vincent et al. 2019 | not validly published | |
Leptospira gomenensis Vincent et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira haakeii Thibeaux et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Leptospira hardjobovis" Srinivas et al. 2013 | not validly published | |
Leptospira harrisiae Thibeaux et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira hartskeerlii Thibeaux et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Leptospira icteroides" Noguchi 1919 | not validly published | |
Leptospira idonii Saito et al. 2013 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Leptospira illini" Tripathy and Hanson 1972 | not validly published | |
Leptospira ilyithenensis Vincent et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira inadai Yasuda et al. 1987 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira interrogans (Stimson 1907) Wenyon 1926 (Approved Lists 1980) | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira jelokensis Vincent et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Leptospira johnsonii" Vincent et al. 2019 | not validly published | |
Leptospira johnsonii Masuzawa et al. 2019 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira kanakyensis Vincent et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira kemamanensis Vincent et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira kirschneri Ramadass et al. 1992 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira kmetyi Slack et al. 2009 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira kobayashii Vincent et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira koniamboensis Vincent et al. 2020 | inaccurate spelling | misspelling |
Leptospira koniambonensis corrig. Vincent et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira langatensis Vincent et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira levettii Thibeaux et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira licerasiae Matthias et al. 2009 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Leptospira macculloughii" Thibeaux et al. 2018 | not validly published | |
Leptospira mayottensis Bourhy et al. 2014 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira meyeri Yasuda et al. 1987 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira montravelensis Vincent et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira mtsangambouensis Vincent et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira neocaledonica Thibeaux et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira noguchii Yasuda et al. 1987 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira noumeaensis Vincent et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira ognonensis Vincent et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira parva Hovind-Hougen et al. 1982 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Leptospira perdikensis Vincent et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira perolatii Thibeaux et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira putramalaysiae Vincent et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Leptospira ryugenii Masuzawa et al. 2019 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Leptospira ryugenii" Vincent et al. 2019 | not validly published | |
Leptospira saintgironsiae Thibeaux et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira sanjuanensis Fernandes et al. 2022 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira santarosai Yasuda et al. 1987 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira sarikeiensis Vincent et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira selangorensis Vincent et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira semungkisensis Vincent et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira stimsonii Casanovas-Massana et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira terpstrae Smythe et al. 2013 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira tipperaryensis Vincent et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira vanthielii Smythe et al. 2013 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira venezuelensis Puche et al. 2018 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira weilii Yasuda et al. 1987 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira wolbachii Yasuda et al. 1987 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira wolffii Slack et al. 2008 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira yanagawae Smythe et al. 2013 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Leptospira yasudae Casanovas-Massana et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | 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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Record number: 517268