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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Leptospira iowaensis

Name: Leptospira iowaensis Hamond et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: io.wa.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. iowaensis, of Iowa, named after the state from which the isolate was recovered [probably better: iowensis]

Pronunciation, gender: io-wa-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: KIT 306; NVSL WS39.C2; WS39.C2

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: PQ066386 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hamond C, Tibbs-Cortes B, Fernandes LGV, LeCount K, Putz EJ, Anderson T, Camp P, Stuber T, Hicks J, van der Linden H, et al. Leptospira gorisiae sp. nov, L. cinconiae sp. nov, L. mgodei sp. nov, L. milleri sp. nov and L. iowaensis sp. nov: five new species isolated from water sources in the Midwestern United States. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2025; 75:0.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6689.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Parent taxon: Leptospira Noguchi 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Hamond C, Tibbs-Cortes B, Fernandes LGV, LeCount K, Putz EJ, Anderson T, Camp P, Stuber T, Hicks J, van der Linden H, et al. Leptospira gorisiae sp. nov, L. cinconiae sp. nov, L. mgodei sp. nov, L. milleri sp. nov and L. iowaensis sp. nov: five new species isolated from water sources in the Midwestern United States. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2025; 75:0.

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Record number: 56467
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