Name: Brachyspira Hovind-Hougen et al. 1983

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Bra.chy.spi’ra. Gr. masc. adj. brachys, short; Gr. fem. n. speîra, a coil, spiral; N.L. fem. n. Brachyspira, a short spiral, describing a bacterium that resembles a short spiral

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Brachyspir-), bra-k^hy-SPI-ra

Type species: Brachyspira aalborgi Hovind-Hougen et al. 1983

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hovind-Hougen K, Birch-Andersen A, Henrik-Nielsen R, Orholm M, Pedersen JO, Teglbjaerg PS, Thaysen EH. Intestinal spirochetosis: morphological characterization and cultivation of the spirochete Brachyspira aalborgi gen. nov., sp. nov. J Clin Microbiol 1982; 16:1127-1136.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 12. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1983; 33:896-897.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Serpula Stanton et al. 1991	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
    Serpulina Stanton 1992	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class Brachyspiria Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Brachyspiraceae Paster 2012. Publication: Paster BJ. Family II. Brachyspiraceae. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 531.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order "Brachyspiriales" Gupta et al. 2013. Publication: Gupta RS, Mahmood S, Adeolu M. A phylogenomic and molecular signature based approach for characterization of the phylum Spirochaetes and its major clades: proposal for a taxonomic revision of the phylum. Front Microbiol 2013; 4:217.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Brachyspirales Gupta et al. 2014. Publication: Gupta RS, Mahmood S, Adeolu M. Erratum: A phylogenomic and molecular signature based approach for characterization of the Phylum Spirochaetes and its major clades: proposal for a taxonomic revision of the phylum. Front Microbiol 2013; 4:322.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order "Brachyspirales" corrig. Gupta et al. 2013. Publication: Gupta RS, Mahmood S, Adeolu M. A phylogenomic and molecular signature based approach for characterization of the phylum Spirochaetes and its major clades: proposal for a taxonomic revision of the phylum. Front Microbiol 2013; 4:217.
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family "Serpulinaceae". Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the class Brachyspiria Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
  • 🧕 Gupta et al. (2013) assigned this genus to the order Brachyspirales Gupta et al. 2014. Publication: Gupta RS, Mahmood S, Adeolu M. Erratum: A phylogenomic and molecular signature based approach for characterization of the Phylum Spirochaetes and its major clades: proposal for a taxonomic revision of the phylum. Front Microbiol 2013; 4:322.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Brachyospira"; "Brachyspirae"; "Bruchyspira".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Stanton et al. (1998). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 10; CIP: 4; DSM: 3; NCTC: 3; CCUG: 2; B: 2.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "sp. AN5156/03: 2 Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2; default: 2 Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for France has been imported on 2024-08-30. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for United Kingdom has been imported on 2024-01-31. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "BRSP" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 9
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 9
Total number of child taxa: 14

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Brachyspira aalborgi Hovind-Hougen et al. 1983	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brachyspira alvinipulli corrig. Stanton et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Brachyspira canis" Oxberry and Hampson 2003	not validly published	preferred name
    "Brachyspira catarrhinii" Phillips et al. 2019	not validly published	preferred name
    "Brachyspira corvi" Jansson et al. 2008	not validly published	preferred name
    Brachyspira hampsonii Mirajkar et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brachyspira hyodysenteriae (Harris et al. 1972) Ochiai et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brachyspira innocens (Kinyon and Harris 1979) Ochiai et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brachyspira intermedia (Stanton et al. 1997) Hampson and La 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brachyspira murdochii (Stanton et al. 1997) Hampson and La 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brachyspira pilosicoli (Trott et al. 1996) Ochiai et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Brachyspira pulli" Stephens and Hampson 2001	not validly published	preferred name
    Brachyspira suanatina Mushtaq et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Brachyspira suanatina" Råsback et al. 2007	not validly published	synonym

Parent taxon: Brachyspiraceae Paster 2012

Assigned by: Paster BJ. Family II. Brachyspiraceae. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 531.

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