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