Leptospira
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