Biology:Leptospiraceae

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Short description: Family of bacteria

Leptospiraceae
Leptospira interrogans strain RGA 01.png
Leptospira interrogan
Scientific classification e
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Spirochaetota
Class: Spirochaetia
Order: Leptospirales
Gupta et al. 2014
Family: Leptospiraceae
Pillot 1965 ex Hovind-Hougen 1979
Genera
Synonyms
  • "Leptonemataceae" Chuvochina et al. 2023
  • "Turneriellaceae" Chuvochina et al. 2023

The Leptospiraceae are a family of spirochete bacteria.[1] It includes the genus Leptospira which contains some pathogenic species.[2]

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)[3] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)[1]

16S rRNA based LTP_08_2023[4][5][6] 120 marker proteins based GTDB 08-RS214[7][8][9]
Leptospirales
Leptospiraceae

Turneriella Levett et al. 2005

Leptonema Hovind-Hougen 1983

Leptospira Noguchi 1917

"Leptospirae"
"Leptospiria"
"Turneriellales"
"Turneriellaceae"

Turneriella

Leptospirales
"Leptonemataceae"

Leptonema

Leptospiraceae

Leptospira

See also

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3816251 entry