Name DOI
10.1601/nm.7894
Name
 (Stimson 1907) Wenyon 1926 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Hördt et al. 2020
Name Status
Validly Published
Current Authority
(Stimson 1907) Wenyon 1926 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Hördt et al. 2020
Preferred Name
Taxonomic Rank
species
Nomenclatural Type
(designated strain)
Refer to the type exemplar.
Taxonomy
Type Strain
representative organism
T (= = =)
Proper Form
Leptospira interrogans (Stimson 1907) Wenyon 1926 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Hördt et al. 2020
Nomenclatural History
The species Leptospira interrogans was originally described by Wenyon 1926. This name appeared on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names 1980. This name was affected by Judicial Opinion 91 in 2014. Faine and Stallman published an emended description of this species in 1982. A subsequent emendation was proposed by Hördt et al. in 2020.
Citation
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Name Abstract for Leptospira interrogans (Stimson 1907) Wenyon 1926 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Hördt et al. 2020.. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.7894.
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References

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