Yasuda, P. H. (1987). Deoxyribonucleic acid relatedness between serogroups and serovars in the family <i>Leptospiroceae</i> with proposals for seven new <i>Leptospira </i>species. <i> Int.J.Syst.Bacteriol. </i><b> 37 </b>: 407-415 .

(2006). List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published - Validation List no. 108. <i> Int.J.Syst.Evol.Microbiol. </i><b> 56 </b>: 499-500 .
Levett, P. N., Morey, R. E., Galloway, R. L., Steigerwalt, A. G. (2006). <i>Leptospira broomii</i> sp. nov., isolated from humans with leptospirosis. <i> Int.J.Syst.Evol.Microbiol. </i><b> 56 </b>: 671-673 .

Perolat, P., Chappel, R. J., Adler, B., Baranton, G., Bulach, D. M., Billinghurst, M. L., Letocart, M., Merien, F., Serrano, M. S. (1998). <i>Leptospira fainei</i> sp. nov., isolated from pigs in Australia. <i> Int.J.Syst.Bacteriol. </i><b> 48 </b>: 851-858 .

Wenyon, C. M., (1926). <i>Spirochaetes</i>. In <i> Protozoology, Vol. 2 </i>, pp. 1233-1288. Edited by C. M. Wenyon, Williams, Wood and Co..
Faine, S., Stallman, N. D. (1982). Amended description of the genus <i>Leptospira</i> Noguchi 1917 and the species <i>L. interrogans</i> (Stimson 1907) Wenyon 1926 and <i>L. biflexa </i>(Wolbach and Binger 1914) Noguchi 1918. <i> Int.J.Syst.Bacteriol. </i><b> 32 </b>: 461-463 .
Stimson, A. M. (1907). Note on an organism found in yellow-fever tissue. <i> Pub.Hlth.Rep. </i><b> 22 </b>: 541 .
Bergey, D. H., Buchanan, R. E., Gibbons, N. E., (1974). Bergey's manual of determinative Bacteriology. 8th. EditionEdited by R. E. Buchanan, The Williams & Wilkins Co..

Ramadass, P., Jarvis, B. D., Corner, R. J., Penny, D., Marshall, R. B. (1992). Genetic characterization of pathogenic<i> Leptospira</i> species by DNA hybridization. <i> Int.J.Syst.Bacteriol. </i><b> 42 </b>: 215-219 .

Hovind-Hougen, K., Ellis, W. A., Birch-Andersen, A. (1982). <i>Leptosporia parva</i> sp. nov.: some morphological and biological characters. <i> Zentralbl.Bakteriol.Hyg.I Abt.Orig.A </i><b> 250 </b>: 343-354 .
(1982). Validation of the publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. List No. 9. <i> Int.J.Syst.Bacteriol. </i><b> 32 </b>: 384-385 .