Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.7900

Name

Leptospira kirschneri Ramadass et al. 1992 emend. Hördt et al. 2020

Taxonomic Rank

species

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
genus	Leptospira Noguchi 1917 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Faine and Stallman 1982

Type Strain

representative organism

3522^T (=3522 C =ATCC 49945 =DSM 21526)

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this species within the root Universal Root.


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990
phylum Spirochaetota corrig. Garrity and Holt 2021
class Spirochaetia (Cavalier-Smith 2002) Paster 2020
order Leptospiriales Gupta et al. 2014
family Leptospiraceae Hovind-Hougen 1979 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Levett et al. 2005
genus Leptospira Noguchi 1917 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Faine and Stallman 1982
species Leptospira kirschneri Ramadass et al. 1992 emend. Hördt et al. 2020

The taxonomy from the rank of class and below is based upon currently published taxonomic opinion. For a complete taxonomy, refer to The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7.

Citation

When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.

Taxon Abstract for the species Leptospira kirschneri Ramadass et al. 1992 emend. Hördt et al. 2020. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.7900.

Source File

10.1601/tx.7900.xml


This information was last reviewed on March 25, 2020.

References

Ramadass P, Jarvis BDW, Corner RJ, Penny D, Marshall RB. Genetic characterization of pathogenic Leptospira species by DNA hybridization. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:215-219. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-42-2-215 [PubMed].