Name: Leptospira kmetyi Slack et al. 2009
Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.
Etymology: kme’ty.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. kmetyi, of Kmety, named after Professor Emil Kmety, a Slovak bacteriologist who made significant contributions to the study of the genus Leptospira
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: lep-to-SPI-ra KME-ty-i, feminine
Type strain: Bejo-Iso9; KIT Bejo-Iso9; WHO LT1101
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AB279549
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FASTA
Valid publication:
Slack AT, Khairani-Bejo S, Symonds ML, Dohnt MF, Galloway RL, Steigerwalt AG, Bahaman AR, Craig S, Harrower BJ, Smythe LD. Leptospira kmetyi sp. nov., isolated from an environmental source in Malaysia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:705-708. 
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IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1557-1558.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.
Parent taxon: Leptospira Noguchi 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Slack AT, Khairani-Bejo S, Symonds ML, Dohnt MF, Galloway RL, Steigerwalt AG, Bahaman AR, Craig S, Harrower BJ, Smythe LD. Leptospira kmetyi sp. nov., isolated from an environmental source in Malaysia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:705-708. 🇦🇺
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