Leptospira

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See also: leptospira

Translingual

Leptospira interrogans

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek λεπτός (leptós, “thin, fine”) +‎ Latin spīra (“coil, twist, spire”).

Proper noun

Leptospira f

A taxonomic genus within the family Leptospiraceae – spirochaete bacteria, including a small number of pathogenic and saprophytic species.

Hypernyms

(genus): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Negibacteria – subkingdom; Spirochaetota – phylum; Leptospirae – class; Leptospirales - order; Leptospiraceae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Leptospira interrogans - type species

Derived terms

References

Leptospira on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Leptospira (Noguchi) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Leptospira on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Leptospira in the Genome Taxonomy Database

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