Classification of Leptospira genomospecies 1, 3, 4 and 5 as Leptospira alstonii sp. nov., Leptospira vanthielii sp. nov., Leptospira terpstrae sp. nov. and Leptospira yanagawae sp. nov., respectively-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Classification of Leptospira genomospecies 1, 3, 4 and 5 as Leptospira alstonii sp. nov., Leptospira vanthielii sp. nov., Leptospira terpstrae sp. nov. and Leptospira yanagawae sp. nov., respectively

Published:2013-05-01 Issue:Pt_5 Volume:63 Page:1859-1862
ISSN:1466-5026
Container-title:International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
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Author:

Smythe L.¹,Adler B.²,Hartskeerl R. A.³,Galloway R. L.⁴,Turenne C. Y.⁵,Levett P. N.⁵,

Affiliation:

1. WHO/FAO/OIE Collaborating Centre for Reference & Research on Leptospirosis, Western Pacific Region, Health Support Services Agency, Queensland Health, Brisbane, Australia

2. Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Structural and Functional Microbial Genomics, Monash University, Victoria, Australia

3. WHO/FAO/OIE and National Leptospirosis Reference Centre, KIT Biomedical Research, Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

4. National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA

5. Saskatchewan Disease Control Laboratory, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Abstract

The genus

Leptospira

currently comprises 16 named species. In addition, four unnamed hybridization groups were designated

Leptospira

genomospecies 1, 3, 4 and 5. These groups represent valid species-level taxa, but were not assigned names in the original description by Brenner et al. [Int J Syst Bacteriol 49, 839–858 (1999)]. To rectify this situation, it is proposed that

Leptospira

genomospecies 1, genomospecies 3, genomospecies 4 and genomospecies 5 should be classified as Leptospira alstonii sp. nov., Leptospira vanthielii sp. nov., Leptospira terpstrae sp. nov. and Leptospira yanagawae sp. nov., respectively, with strains L. alstonii 79601T ( = ATCC BAA-2439T), L. vanthielii WaZ HollandT ( = ATCC 700522T), L. terpstrae LT 11-33T ( = ATCC 700639T) and L. yanagawae Sao PauloT ( = ATCC 700523T) as the type strains. The type strains are also available from the culture collections of the WHO Collaborating Centres in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and Brisbane, Australia.

Publisher

Microbiology Society

Subject

General Medicine,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics,Microbiology

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