Name: Leptospira kmetyi Slack et al. 2009
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
Type strain: Bejo-Iso9; KIT Bejo-Iso9; WHO LT1101
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16S rRNA gene: AB279549 Analyse 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.
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
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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Record number: 787791