Leptospira (from the Greek leptos, meaning fine or thin, and the Latin spira, meaning coil) is a genus of spirochaete bacteria, including a small number of pathogenic and saprophytic species. Leptospira was first observed in 1907 in kidney tissue slices of a leptospirosis victim who was described as having died of "yellow fever."
Leptospira, together with the genera Leptonema and Turneria, is a member of the family Leptospiraceae. The genus Lepto...
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Leptospira (from the Greek leptos, meaning fine or thin, and the Latin spira, meaning coil) is a genus of spirochaete bacteria, including a small number of pathogenic and saprophytic species. Leptospira was first observed in 1907 in kidney tissue slices of a leptospirosis victim who was described as having died of "yellow fever."
Leptospira, together with the genera Leptonema and Turneria, is a member of the family Leptospiraceae. The genus Leptospira is divided into 20 species based on DNA hybridization studies.
Pathogenic Leptospira
Intermediates or opportunistic Leptospira
Non-pathogenic Leptospira
Members of Leptospira are also grouped into serovars according to their antigenic relatedness. There are currently over 200 recognized serovars. A few serovars are found in more than one species of Leptospira.
At its 2002 meeting, the Committee on the Taxonomy of Leptospira of the International Union of Microbiological Societies approved the following nomenclature for serovars of...
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