Name: Leptospira fletcheri Vincent et al. 2020
Etymology: flet’che.ri. N.L. gen. masc. n. fletcheri, of Fletcher, named in honor of William Fletcher who reported the first case of leptospirosis in Malaysia in 1927
Type strain: CIP 111761; KIT 264; SSW15
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16S rRNA gene: RQET01000006 Analyse FASTA
Effective publication: Vincent AT, Schiettekatte O, Goarant C, Neela VK, Bernet E, Thibeaux R, Ismail N, Mohd Khalid MKN, Amran F, Masuzawa T, et al. Revisiting the taxonomy and evolution of pathogenicity of the genus Leptospira through the prism of genomics. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2019; 13:e0007270.
IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 195. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4844-4847.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Leptospira Noguchi 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Vincent AT, Schiettekatte O, Goarant C, Neela VK, Bernet E, Thibeaux R, Ismail N, Mohd Khalid MKN, Amran F, Masuzawa T, et al. Revisiting the taxonomy and evolution of pathogenicity of the genus Leptospira through the prism of genomics. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2019; 13:e0007270.
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Record number: 13731