Genus Serpula
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Serpula Stanton et al. 1991, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Serpula hyodysenteriae (Harris et al. 1972) Stanton et al. 1991.
Etymology: L. fem. n. Serpula, a little snake.
Valid publication: STANTON (T.B.), JENSEN (N.S.), CASEY (T.A.), TORDOFF (L.A.), DEWHIRST (F.E.) and PASTER (B.J.): Reclassification of Treponema hyodysenteriae and Treponema innocens in a new genus, Serpula gen. nov., as Serpula hyodysenteriae comb. nov. and Serpula innocens comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1991, 41, 50-58.
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→ ¤ Serpulina Stanton 1992, gen. nov.
Note: The name, Serpula Stanton et al. 1991, is illegitimate because of precedence of the fungal genus Serpula [Rule 51b(4)]. Consequently, a new genus designation, Serpulina, has been proposed by Stanton 1992.
Reference: STANTON (T.B.): Proposal to change the genus designation Serpula to Serpulina gen. nov. containing the species Serpulina hyodysenteriae comb. nov. and Serpulina innocens comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1992, 42, 189-190.
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→ ¤ Brachyspira Hovind-Hougen et al. 1983.
Serpula hyodysenteriae (Harris et al. 1972) Stanton et al. 1991, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) B78 = ATCC 27164= CCUG 46668 = NCTC 13041.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: U14930.
Basonym: ¤ Treponema hyodysenteriae Harris et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: Gr. n. hus huos, hog, pig; L. n. dysenteria, a flux, dysentery; N.L. gen. n. hyodysenteriae, of hog dysentery. In recognition of the species as the etiologic agent of swine dysentery.
Valid publication: STANTON (T.B.), JENSEN (N.S.), CASEY (T.A.), TORDOFF (L.A.), DEWHIRST (F.E.) and PASTER (B.J.): Reclassification of Treponema hyodysenteriae and Treponema innocens in a new genus, Serpula gen. nov., as Serpula hyodysenteriae comb. nov. and Serpula innocens comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1991, 41, 50-58.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: The type strain B78 is cited as ATCC 27164 [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] or as ATCC 27168 [6, 7]. However, the right type strain is the strain ATCC 27164 [8].
References:
1 Approved Lists 1980.
2 Approved Lists 1980 (Amended Edition).
3 KINYON (J.M.) and HARRIS (D.L.): Treponema innocens, a new species of intestinal bacteria and emended description of the type strain of Treponema hyodysenteriae Harris et al. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1979, 29, 102-109.
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4 STANTON (T.B.): Proposal to change the genus designation Serpula to Serpulina gen. nov. containing the species Serpulina hyodysenteriae comb. nov. and Serpulina innocens comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1992, 42, 189-190.
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5 MOORE (W.E.C.) and MOORE (L.V.H.): Index of the bacterial and yeast nomenclatural changes published in the International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology since the 1980 Approved Lists of Bacterial Names (1 January 1980 to 1 January 1992). American Society for Microbiology, Washington, D.C., 1992.
6 SMIBERT (R.M.): Genus III. Treponema Schaudinn 1905, 1728AL. In: N.R. KRIEG and J.G. HOLT (editors), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, first edition, vol. 1, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1984, pp. 49-57.
7 STANTON (T.B.), JENSEN (N.S.), CASEY (T.A.), TORDOFF (L.A.), DEWHIRST (F.E.) and PASTER (B.J.): Reclassification of Treponema hyodysenteriae and Treponema innocens in a new genus, Serpula gen. nov., as Serpula hyodysenteriae comb. nov. and Serpula innocens comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1991, 41, 50-58.
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8 American Type Culture Collection (ATCC).
→ ¤ Serpulina hyodysenteriae (Harris et al. 1972) Stanton 1992, comb. nov.
Note: The name, Serpula hyodysenteriae (Harris et al. 1972) Stanton et al. 1991, is illegitimate because of precedence of the fungal genus Serpula [Rule 51b(4)]. Consequently, a new species designation, Serpulina hyodysenteriae (Harris et al. 1972) Stanton 1992, has been proposed by Stanton 1992.
Reference: STANTON (T.B.): Proposal to change the genus designation Serpula to Serpulina gen. nov. containing the species Serpulina hyodysenteriae comb. nov. and Serpulina innocens comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1992, 42, 189-190.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ ¤ Brachyspira hyodysenteriae (Harris et al. 1972) Ochiai et al. 1998, comb. nov.
Serpula innocens (Kinyon and Harris 1979) Stanton et al. 1991, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) B256 = ATCC 29796= CCUG 17081.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: U14920.
Basonym: ¤ Treponema innocens Kinyon and Harris 1979 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: L. fem. adj. innocens, harmless, inoffensive (referring to non-pathogenic nature of the species for swine).
Valid publication: STANTON (T.B.), JENSEN (N.S.), CASEY (T.A.), TORDOFF (L.A.), DEWHIRST (F.E.) and PASTER (B.J.): Reclassification of Treponema hyodysenteriae and Treponema innocens in a new genus, Serpula gen. nov., as Serpula hyodysenteriae comb. nov. and Serpula innocens comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1991, 41, 50-58.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ ¤ Serpulina innocens (Kinyon and Harris 1979) Stanton 1992, comb. nov.
Note: The name, Serpula innocens (Kinyon and Harris 1979) Stanton et al. 1991, is illegitimate because of precedence of the fungal genus Serpula [Rule 51b(4)]. Consequently, a new species designation, Serpulina innocens (Kinyon and Harris 1979) Stanton 1992, has been proposed by Stanton 1992.
Reference: STANTON (T.B.): Proposal to change the genus designation Serpula to Serpulina gen. nov. containing the species Serpulina hyodysenteriae comb. nov. and Serpulina innocens comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1992, 42, 189-190.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ ¤ Brachyspira innocens (Kinyon and Harris 1979) Ochiai et al. 1998, comb. nov.