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Leptospiraceae

Leptospiraceae
Leptospira interrogan
Scientific classification
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

  1. ^ a b Sayers; et al. "Leptospirales". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
  2. ^ Morey RE, Galloway RL, Bragg SL, Steigerwalt AG, Mayer LW, Levett PN (October 2006). "Species-specific identification of Leptospiraceae by 16S rRNA gene sequencing". J. Clin. Microbiol. 44 (10): 3510–6. doi:10.1128/JCM.00670-06. PMC 1594759. PMID 17021075.
  3. ^ J.P. Euzéby. "Leptospirales". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2023-09-09.
  4. ^ "The LTP". Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  5. ^ "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  6. ^ "LTP_08_2023 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  7. ^ "GTDB release 08-RS214". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  8. ^ "bac120_r214.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  9. ^ "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.

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