Species "Bacillus leprae"

Name: "Bacillus leprae" Hansen 1880

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: le’prae. L. fem. n. lepra, leprosy; L. gen. fem. n. leprae, of leprosy

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ba-KIL-lus LE-pra͡e, masculine

Nomenclatural type: not cultivated

Original publication: Hansen GA. Bacillus leprae. Virchows Archiv für pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und für klinische Medizin 1880; 79:32-42.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Mycobacterium leprae (Hansen 1880) Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 3

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mycobacterium leprae (Hansen 1880) Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 3, note = "human and animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 3". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Hansen GA. Bacillus leprae. Virchows Archiv für pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und für klinische Medizin 1880; 79:32-42.

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Record number: 3933

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Species "Bacillus leprae"