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Species Leptospira ellinghausenii

Name: Leptospira ellinghausenii Masuzawa et al. 2019

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: el.ling.hau.se’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. ellinghausenii, of Ellinghausen

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: lep-to-SPI-ra el-lin͡g-ha͡u-SE-ni-i, feminine

Type strain: CIP 111618; E18; JCM 32516

16S rRNA gene: LC196063 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Masuzawa T, Saito M, Nakao R, Nikaido Y, Matsumoto M, Ogawa M, Yokoyama M, Hidaka Y, Tomita J, Sakakibara K, et al. Molecular and phenotypic characterization of Leptospira johnsonii sp. nov., Leptospira ellinghausenii sp. nov. and Leptospira ryugenii sp. nov. isolated from soil and water in Japan. Microbiol Immunol 2019; 63:89-99. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 189. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2627-2629.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

  • Notes:
    • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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.
    • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
    • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Leptospira Noguchi 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Masuzawa T, Saito M, Nakao R, Nikaido Y, Matsumoto M, Ogawa M, Yokoyama M, Hidaka Y, Tomita J, Sakakibara K, et al. Molecular and phenotypic characterization of Leptospira johnsonii sp. nov., Leptospira ellinghausenii sp. nov. and Leptospira ryugenii sp. nov. isolated from soil and water in Japan. Microbiol Immunol 2019; 63:89-99. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 5294