Species Leptospira biflexa
Name: Leptospira biflexa (Wolbach and Binger 1914) Noguchi 1918 (Approved Lists 1980)
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
Type strain: ATCC 23582; Leptospira biflexa serovar Patoc strain Patoc I; Patoc 1; strain Patoc I
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AJ310921
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
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Spirochaeta biflexa" Wolbach and Binger 1914 homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
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Emendations:
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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.
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Hördt et al. 2020
Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.
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.
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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.
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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Record number: 784132