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Species "Leptospira macculloughii"
Name: "Leptospira macculloughii" Thibeaux et al. 2018
Etymology: mac.cu.llou’ghi.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. macculloughii, of McCullough named after Dr. Willard G. McCullough, an American microbiologist who made significant contributions to the study of the nutritional requirements of Leptospira
Nomenclatural type: ATI2-C-A 1; sapro 4
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16S rRNA gene:
NPEK01000266
Analyse
FASTA
Original publication:
Thibeaux R, Girault D, Bierque E, Soupe-Gilbert ME, Rettinger A, Douyere A, Meyer M, Iraola G, Picardeau M, Goarant C. Biodiversity of Environmental Leptospira: Improving Identification and Revisiting the Diagnosis. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:816. 
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Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
Parent taxon: Leptospira Noguchi 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Thibeaux R, Girault D, Bierque E, Soupe-Gilbert ME, Rettinger A, Douyere A, Meyer M, Iraola G, Picardeau M, Goarant C. Biodiversity of Environmental Leptospira: Improving Identification and Revisiting the Diagnosis. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:816. 🇳🇨
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Record number: 10036
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