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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Leptospira johnsonii

Name: Leptospira johnsonii Masuzawa et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: john.so’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. johnsonii, of Johnson

Pronunciation, gender: john-SO-ni-i, feminine

Type strain: CIP 111620; E8; JCM 32515

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LC196061 Analyse FASTA

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)

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: 5295
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