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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Leptospira ainazelensis

Name: Leptospira ainazelensis Korba et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ain.a.ze.len’sis. N.L. fem. adj. ainazelensis, pertaining to Aïn Azel region, province of Sétif, Algeria

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ain-a-ze-LEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: 201903071; CIP 111913; KIT 298

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16S rRNA gene: MZ048033 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Korba AA, Lounici H, Kainiu M, Vincent AT, Mariet JF, Veyrier FJ, Goarant C, Picardeau M. Leptospira ainlahdjerensis sp. nov., Leptospira ainazelensis sp. nov., Leptospira abararensis sp. nov. and Leptospira chreensis sp. nov., four new species isolated from water sources in Algeria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5148. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5273.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Parent taxon: Leptospira Noguchi 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Korba AA, Lounici H, Kainiu M, Vincent AT, Mariet JF, Veyrier FJ, Goarant C, Picardeau M. Leptospira ainlahdjerensis sp. nov., Leptospira ainazelensis sp. nov., Leptospira abararensis sp. nov. and Leptospira chreensis sp. nov., four new species isolated from water sources in Algeria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5148. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 25618
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