Leptospira dzianensis and Leptospira putramalaysiae are later heterotypic synonyms of Leptospira yasudae and Leptospira stimsonii

• Main Authors: Casanovas-Massana, Arnau, Vincent, Antony T., Bourhy, Pascale, Vasantha Kumari Neela, ., Veyrier, Frederic J., Picardeau, Mathieu
• Format: Article
• Published: The Microbiology Society 2021
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/94026/; https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.004713

Leptospira dzianensis and Leptospira putramalaysiae were recently described as novel species and published almost concurrently with Leptospira yasudae and Leptospira stimsonii. Genome comparisons based on average nucleotide identity of the type strain genomes indicate that L. dzianensis and L. putra...