Genus Serpulina
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 6
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Serpulina Stanton 1992, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Serpulina hyodysenteriae (Harris et al. 1972) Stanton 1992.
Illegitimate synonym: ¤ Serpula Stanton et al. 1991.
Etymology: L. n. serpula, a little snake; L. fem. suff. -ina, belonging to; N.L. fem. n. Serpulina, belonging to a little snake, snakelike.
Valid publication: 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
Notes:
1 The original name, Serpula Stanton et al. 1991 is illegitimate because of precedence of the fungal genus Serpula [Rule 51b(4)]. So, Stanton 1992 proposes that the bacterial genus name Serpula be replaced by Serpulina gen. nov.
2 In violation of the Rule 34a, on the "Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in the IJSB", Serpulina is cited as Serpulina nom. nov.
Reference: ASSOCIATE EDITOR, IJSB: Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in the IJSB. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1992, 42, 328-329.
Erratum in IJSEM Online
→ ¤ Brachyspira Hovind-Hougen et al. 1983.
Note: Ochiai et al. 1998 propose to transfer ¤ Serpulina hyodysenteriae (Harris et al. 1972) Stanton 1992 (the type species of the genus Serpulina) to the genus ¤ Brachyspira as ¤ Brachyspira hyodysenteriae (Harris et al. 1972) Ochiai et al. 1998, comb. nov. According to Rule 37a, bacteriologists adhering to this proposal must change the name Serpulina to ¤ Brachyspira.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 64. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 327-328.
Effective publication: OCHIAI (S.), ADACHI (Y.) and MORI (K.): Unification of the genera Serpulina and Brachyspira, and proposal of Brachyspira hyodysenteriae comb. nov., Brachyspira innocens comb. nov. and Brachyspira pilosicoli comb. nov. Microbiol. Immunol., 1997, 41, 445-452.
Validation List no. 64 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Serpulina alvinipulli Stanton et al. 1998, sp. nov. See: ¤ Brachyspira alvinipulli Stanton et al. 1998, sp. nov.
Serpulina hyodysenteriae (Harris et al. 1972) Stanton 1992, 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).
Other synonym: ¤ Serpula hyodysenteriae (Harris et al. 1972) Stanton et al. 1991.
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.): 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
Notes:
1 The original name, Serpula hyodysenteriae (Harris et al. 1972) Stanton et al. 1991, is illegitimate because of precedence of the fungal genus Serpula [Rule 51b(4)].
2 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.
Original article in IJSEM Online
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.
Original article in IJSEM Online
8 American Type Culture Collection (ATCC).
→ ¤ Brachyspira hyodysenteriae (Harris et al. 1972) Ochiai et al. 1998, comb. nov.
Serpulina innocens (Kinyon and Harris 1979) Stanton 1992, 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).
Other synonym: ¤ Serpula innocens (Kinyon and Harris 1979) Stanton et al. 1991.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. innocens, harmless, inoffensive (referring to non-pathogenic nature of the species for swine).
Valid publication: 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
Note: The original name, Serpula innocens (Kinyon and Harris 1979) Stanton et al. 1991, is illegitimate because of precedence of the fungal genus Serpula [Rule 51b(4)].
→ ¤ Brachyspira innocens (Kinyon and Harris 1979) Ochiai et al. 1998, comb. nov.
Serpulina intermedia Stanton et al. 1997, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) PWS/A = ATCC 51140= CIP 105833.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: U23033, CP002874 (complete genome).
Etymology: L. fem. adj. intermedia, that is between, intermediate, referring to the fact that the biochemical reactivities of this organism are intermediate between those characteristically possessed by Serpulina hyodysenteriae and by Serpulina innocens.
Valid publication: STANTON (T.B.), FOURNIÉ-AMAZOUZ (E.), POSTIC (D.), TROTT (D.J.), GRIMONT (P.A.D.), BARANTON (G.), HAMPSON (D.J.) and SAINT GIRONS (I.): Recognition of two new species of intestinal spirochetes: Serpulina intermedia sp. nov. and Serpulina murdochii sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1997, 47, 1007-1012.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: In January 1998, the unification of the genera Serpulina and ¤ Brachyspira, and the transfer of ¤ Serpulina hyodysenteriae (the type species of the genus Serpulina) in the genus Brachyspira as ¤ Brachyspira hyodysenteriae, have been validly published [1]. These changes have been proposed by Ochiai et al. in a paper accepted March 27, 1997 [2]. The name Serpulina intermedia has been validly published in the October 1997 issue of the International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology [3] and, of course, this name was not included in the study by Ochiai et al. The formal reclassification of Serpulina intermedia in the genus ¤ Brachyspira Hovind-Hougen et al. 1983 was proposed by Hampson and La 2006 [4].
References:
1 Validation List no. 64. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 327-328.
Validation List no. 64 in IJSEM Online
2 OCHIAI (S.), ADACHI (Y.) and MORI (K.): Unification of the genera Serpulina and Brachyspira, and proposal of Brachyspira hyodysenteriae comb. nov., Brachyspira innocens comb. nov. and Brachyspira pilosicoli comb. nov. Microbiol. Immunol., 1997, 41, 445-452.
Original article Online
3 STANTON (T.B.), FOURNIÉ-AMAZOUZ (E.), POSTIC (D.), TROTT (D.J.), GRIMONT (P.A.D.), BARANTON (G.), HAMPSON (D.J.) and SAINT GIRONS (I.): Recognition of two new species of intestinal spirochetes: Serpulina intermedia sp. nov. and Serpulina murdochii sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1997, 47, 1007-1012.
Original article by Stanton et al. in IJSEM Online
4 HAMPSON (D.J.) and LA (T.): Reclassification of Serpulina intermedia and Serpulina murdochii in the genus Brachyspira as Brachyspira intermedia comb. nov. and Brachyspira murdochii comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1009-1012.
Original article by Hampson and La 2006 in IJSEM Online
→ ¤ Brachyspira intermedia (Stanton et al. 1997) Hampson and La 2006, comb. nov.
Serpulina murdochii Stanton et al. 1997, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 56-150 = ATCC 51284= CIP 105832 = DSM 12563.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: CP001959 (complete genome).
Etymology: N.L. masc. gen. n. murdochii, of Murdoch, in recognition of work conducted at Murdoch University in Western Australia, where the type strain was identified.
Valid publication: STANTON (T.B.), FOURNIÉ-AMAZOUZ (E.), POSTIC (D.), TROTT (D.J.), GRIMONT (P.A.D.), BARANTON (G.), HAMPSON (D.J.) and SAINT GIRONS (I.): Recognition of two new species of intestinal spirochetes: Serpulina intermedia sp. nov. and Serpulina murdochii sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1997, 47, 1007-1012.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Notes:
1 The ATCC accession number of the type strain must be read 51284 not 51254 as cited in the paper by Stanton et al. 1997.
2 In January 1998, the unification of the genera Serpulina and ¤ Brachyspira, and the transfer of ¤ Serpulina hyodysenteriae (the type species of the genus Serpulina) in the genus Brachyspira as ¤ Brachyspira hyodysenteriae, have been validly published [1]. These changes have been proposed by Ochiai et al. in a paper accepted March 27, 1997 [2]. The name Serpulina murdochii has been validly published in the October 1997 issue of the International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology [3] and, of course, this name was not included in the study by Ochiai et al. The formal reclassification of Serpulina intermedia in the genus ¤ Brachyspira Hovind-Hougen et al. 1983 was proposed by Hampson and La 2006 [4].
References:
1 Validation List no. 64. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 327-328.
Validation List no. 64 in IJSEM Online
2 OCHIAI (S.), ADACHI (Y.) and MORI (K.): Unification of the genera Serpulina and Brachyspira, and proposal of Brachyspira hyodysenteriae comb. nov., Brachyspira innocens comb. nov. and Brachyspira pilosicoli comb. nov. Microbiol. Immunol., 1997, 41, 445-452.
Original article Online
3 STANTON (T.B.), FOURNIÉ-AMAZOUZ (E.), POSTIC (D.), TROTT (D.J.), GRIMONT (P.A.D.), BARANTON (G.), HAMPSON (D.J.) and SAINT GIRONS (I.): Recognition of two new species of intestinal spirochetes: Serpulina intermedia sp. nov. and Serpulina murdochii sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1997, 47, 1007-1012.
Original article by Stanton et al. in IJSEM Online
4 HAMPSON (D.J.) and LA (T.): Reclassification of Serpulina intermedia and Serpulina murdochii in the genus Brachyspira as Brachyspira intermedia comb. nov. and Brachyspira murdochii comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1009-1012.
Original article by Hampson and La 2006 in IJSEM Online
→ ¤ Brachyspira murdochii (Stanton et al. 1997) Hampson and La 2006, comb. nov.
Serpulina pilosicoli Trott et al. 1996, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) P43/6/78 = ATCC 51139.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY155458.
Etymology: L. adj. pilosus -a -um, hairy, shaggy; L. n. colon or colum, the colon; N.L. gen. n. pilosicoli, of a hairy colon (referring to the fact that infection and attachment by this intestinal spirochete can result in the histological appearance of a hairy covering, false brush border, on the surface of the colon).
Valid publication: TROTT (D.J.), STANTON (T.B.), JENSEN (N.S.), DUHAMEL (G.E.), JOHNSON (J.L.) and HAMPSON (D.J.): Serpulina pilosicoli sp. nov., the agent of porcine intestinal spirochetosis. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1996, 46, 206-215.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: Serpulina pilosicoli Trott et al. 1996 was previously known as "Anguillina coli".
→ ¤ Brachyspira pilosicoli (Trott et al. 1996) Ochiai et al. 1998, comb. nov.