This article is about the bacteria. For the infection, see leptospirosis.
Leptospira
Scanning electron micrograph of Leptospira interrogans
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Spirochaetota
Class:
Spirochaetia
Order:
Leptospirales
Family:
Leptospiraceae
Genus:
Leptospira Noguchi 1917 non Swainson 1840 non Boucot, Johnson & Staton 1964
Type species
Leptospira interrogans
(Stimson 1907) Wenyon 1926
Species
See text
Leptospira (from Ancient Greek λεπτός (leptós) 'fine, thin, narrow, etc.', and Latin spira 'coil')[1] is a genus of spirochaete bacteria, including a small number of pathogenic and saprophytic species.[2]Leptospira was first observed in 1907 in kidney tissue slices of a leptospirosis victim who was described as having died of "yellow fever".[3]
^"leptospirosis". American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. Bartleby.com. 2000. Archived from the original on 2007-11-15. Retrieved 2007-05-13.
^Ryan KJ; Ray CG, eds. (2004). Sherris Medical Microbiology (4th ed.). McGraw Hill. ISBN 978-0-8385-8529-0.
^Stimson AM (1907). "Note on an organism found in yellow-fever tissue". Public Health Reports. 22 (18): 541. doi:10.2307/4559008. JSTOR 4559008.
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