Name: Leptospira biflexa (Wolbach and Binger 1914) Noguchi 1918 (Approved Lists 1980)
Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.
Basonym: "Spirochaeta biflexa" Wolbach and Binger 1914
Etymology: bi.fle’xa. L. adv. bis, twice; L. perf. part. flexus -a -um, bent, winding; from L. v. flecto, to bend, to curve; N.L. fem. part. adj. biflexa, bent twice
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: lep-to-SPI-ra bi-FLE-xa, feminine
Type strain: ATCC 23582; Patoc 1; Patoc I; serovar Patoc strain Patoc I
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
EU159692
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Noguchi H. MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND NOMENCLATURE OF LEPTOSPIRA (SPIROCHAETA) ICTEROHAEMORRHAGIAE (INADA AND IDO). J Exp Med 1918; 27:575-592. 
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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
| Name | Kind |
|---|---|
| "Spirochaeta biflexa" Wolbach and Binger 1914 | homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists |
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Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.
Parent taxon: Leptospira Noguchi 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Noguchi H. MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND NOMENCLATURE OF LEPTOSPIRA (SPIROCHAETA) ICTEROHAEMORRHAGIAE (INADA AND IDO). J Exp Med 1918; 27:575-592.
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