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Species Leptospira stimsonii
Name: Leptospira stimsonii Casanovas-Massana et al. 2020
Etymology: stim.so’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. stimsonii, of Stimson, named after Dr. A. M. Stimson, an American physician who in 1907 observed Leptospira interrogans for the first time in kidney tissue slices of a leptospirosis victim diagnosed as having died of yellow fever
Pronunciation, gender: stim-SO-ni-i, feminine
Type strain: ATCC TDS-162; CLEP 288; KIT 258; Yale
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
MK070914
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Casanovas-Massana A, Hamond C, Santos LA, de Oliveira D, Hacker KP, Balassiano I, Costa F, Medeiros MA, Reis MG, Ko AI, et al. Leptospira yasudae sp. nov. and Leptospira stimsonii sp. nov., two new species of the pathogenic group isolated from environmental sources. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1450-1456. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3583-3587.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Leptospira putramalaysiae Vincent et al. 2020 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
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⏰ According to Casanovas-Massana et al. (2021), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Leptospira putramalaysiae Vincent 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.
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🏢 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.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
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⏰ According to Casanovas-Massana et al. (2021), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Leptospira putramalaysiae Vincent 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.
Parent taxon: Leptospira Noguchi 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Casanovas-Massana A, Hamond C, Santos LA, de Oliveira D, Hacker KP, Balassiano I, Costa F, Medeiros MA, Reis MG, Ko AI, et al. Leptospira yasudae sp. nov. and Leptospira stimsonii sp. nov., two new species of the pathogenic group isolated from environmental sources. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1450-1456.
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Record number: 5402
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