Leptospiraceae

Leptospira interrogans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Leptospirales
Prokaryota Superregnum: Bacteria Phylum: Spirochaetes Classis: Spirochaetia Ordo: Leptospirales

Familia: Leptospiraceae
Genera: Leptonema – Leptospira – Turneriella

Name

Leptospiraceae Hovind-Hougen, 1979

Type genus: Leptospira Noguchi 1917

References

Primary references

• Hovind-Hougen K. 1979. Leptospiraceae, a new family to include Leptospira Noguchi 1917 and Leptonema gen. nov. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 29(3): 245–251. DOI: 10.1099/00207713-29-3-245 Reference page. 

Links

• Leptospiraceae – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
• European Nucleotide Archive

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