Leptospira

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

1. 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

• Leptospiraceae
• Leptospirales
• Leptospirae

References

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