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Species Leptospira yasudae

Name: Leptospira yasudae Casanovas-Massana et al. 2020

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: ya’su.dae. N.L. gen. masc. n. yasudae, of Yasuda, named after Dr. Paulo H. Yasuda, a Brazilian microbiologist who made important contributions to the taxonomy of the genus Leptospira

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: lep-to-SPI-ra YA-su-da͡e, feminine

Type strain: ATCC TSD-163; CLEP 287; F1; KIT 259

16S rRNA gene: MK070913 Analysetree FASTA download

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)

  • Notes:
    • ⏰ According to Casanovas-Massana et al. (2021), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Leptospira dzianensis 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. 🇺🇸
    • 🏢 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 4 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 genus.

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: 5403