Name: Leptospira mgodei Hamond et al. 2025
Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.
Etymology: mgo’de.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. mgodei, named in honour of Georgies Mgode, a Tanzanian leptospirologist who made significant contributions to the study of human and animal leptospirosis Subclade S1
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: lep-to-SPI-ra MGO-de-i, feminine
Type strain: KIT 305; NVSL WS4.C2; WS4.C2
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
PQ066387
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. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6595. 
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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. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6595. 🇺🇸
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