Species ***Leptospira* *wolffii***

Name: Leptospira wolffii Slack et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: wolf’fi.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. wolffii, of Wolff, named after Dr Jan Willem Wolff, a Dutch bacteriologist who made significant contributions to the study of Leptospira

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: lep-to-SPI-ra WOLF-fi-i, feminine

Type strain: Khorat-H2; KIT Khorat-H2; WHO LT1686

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF025496 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Slack AT, Kalambaheti T, Symonds ML, Dohnt MF, Galloway RL, Steigerwalt AG, Chaicumpa W, Bunyaraksyotin G, Craig S, Harrower BJ, et al. Leptospira wolffii sp. nov., isolated from a human with suspected leptospirosis in Thailand. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2305-2308. 🇦🇺

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:3-4.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

Emendations:
- Hördt et al. 2020 Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Z". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 16 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 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 species itself.
- 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧

Parent taxon: Leptospira Noguchi 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Slack AT, Kalambaheti T, Symonds ML, Dohnt MF, Galloway RL, Steigerwalt AG, Chaicumpa W, Bunyaraksyotin G, Craig S, Harrower BJ, et al. Leptospira wolffii sp. nov., isolated from a human with suspected leptospirosis in Thailand. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2305-2308. 🇦🇺

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Species Leptospira wolffii

Species ***Leptospira* *wolffii***