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Species Leptospira idonii
Name: Leptospira idonii Saito et al. 2013
Etymology: i.do’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. idonii, of Ido, named after Yutaka Ido, a Japanese physician and microbiologist who is one of the discoverers of leptospires in the blood of patients with Weil’s disease
Pronunciation, gender: i-DO-ni-i, feminine
Type strain: DSM 26084; Eri-1; JCM 18486
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16S rRNA gene:
AB721966
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FASTA
Valid publication:
Saito M, Villanueva SY, Kawamura Y, Iida K, Tomida J, Kanemaru T, Kohno E, Miyahara S, Umeda A, Amako K, et al. Leptospira idonii sp. nov., isolated from environmental water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2457-2462. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3549-3550.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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:
Saito M, Villanueva SY, Kawamura Y, Iida K, Tomida J, Kanemaru T, Kohno E, Miyahara S, Umeda A, Amako K, et al. Leptospira idonii sp. nov., isolated from environmental water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2457-2462.
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Record number: 790956
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