Species Leptospira putramalaysiae

Name: Leptospira putramalaysiae Vincent et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pu.tra.ma.lay’si.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. putramalaysiae, of Putra Malaysia, university hosting the laboratory who isolated the strain

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: lep-to-SPI-ra pu-tra-ma-LAY-si-a͡e, feminine

Type strain: CIP 111758; DSM 108518; KIT 276; SSW20

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: RQEQ01000020 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Vincent AT, Schiettekatte O, Goarant C, Neela VK, Bernet E, Thibeaux R, Ismail N, Mohd Khalid MKN, Amran F, Masuzawa T, et al. Revisiting the taxonomy and evolution of pathogenicity of the genus Leptospira through the prism of genomics. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2019; 13:e0007270. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 195. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4844-4847.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Leptospira stimsonii Casanovas-Massana et al. 2020

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Leptospira stimsonii Casanovas-Massana et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ⏲ According to Casanovas-Massana et al. (2021), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Leptospira stimsonii Casanovas-Massana et al. 2020. Publication: Casanovas-Massana A, Vincent AT, Bourhy P, Neela VK, Veyrier FJ, Picardeau M, Wunder EAJ. Leptospira dzianensis and Leptospira putramalaysiae are later heterotypic synonyms of Leptospira yasudae and Leptospira stimsonii. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 71:0. 🇺🇸
- 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4812.
- ❗ Leptospira putramalaysiae is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Leptospira.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Leptospira Noguchi 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Vincent AT, Schiettekatte O, Goarant C, Neela VK, Bernet E, Thibeaux R, Ismail N, Mohd Khalid MKN, Amran F, Masuzawa T, et al. Revisiting the taxonomy and evolution of pathogenicity of the genus Leptospira through the prism of genomics. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2019; 13:e0007270. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 13751

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Species Leptospira putramalaysiae