Leptospira
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See also: leptospira
Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
New Latin, from Ancient Greek λεπτός (leptós, “thin, fine”) + Latin spīra (“coil, twist, spire”).
Proper noun[edit]
Leptospira f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Leptospiraceae – spirochaete bacteria, including a small number of pathogenic and saprophytic species.
Hypernyms[edit]
- (genus): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Negibacteria - subkingdom; Spirochaetota - phylum; Leptospirae - class; Leptospirales - order; Leptospiraceae - family
Hyponyms[edit]
- (genus): Leptospira interrogans - type species
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
Leptospira on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Leptospira (Noguchi) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Leptospira on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Leptospira in the Genome Taxonomy Database
