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Species "Spirochaeta interrogans"
Name: "Spirochaeta interrogans" Stimson 1907
Etymology: in.ter’ro.gans. L. fem. part. adj. interrogans, asking, inquiring, interrogating, here meaning shaped like a question mark
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … in-TER-ro-gans, feminine
Nomenclatural type: ATCC 43642; DSM 21525; icterohaemorrhagiae RGA; RGA; serogroup Icterohaemorrhagiae, serovar Icterohaemorrhagiae, strain RGA
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
FJ154549
Analyse
FASTA
Original publication:
Stimson AM. Note on an organism found in yellow-fever tissue. Public Health Report 1907; 22:541. 
Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)
Correct name: Leptospira interrogans (Stimson 1907) Wenyon 1926 (Approved Lists 1980)
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Leptospira interrogans (Stimson 1907) Wenyon 1926 (Approved Lists 1980) homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, lectotype
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human and animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — 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.
Parent taxon: Spirochaeta Ehrenberg 1835 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Stimson AM. Note on an organism found in yellow-fever tissue. Public Health Report 1907; 22:541.
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Record number: 4447
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