Name: Serpula Stanton et al. 1991

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: L. fem. dim. n. Serpula, a little snake

Gender: feminine (stem: Serpul-)

Type species: Serpula hyodysenteriae (Harris et al. 1972) Stanton et al. 1991

Valid publication: Stanton TB, Jensen NS, Casey TA, Tordoff LA, Dewhirst FE, Paster BJ. 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.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 41, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:457-458.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Brachyspira Hovind-Hougen et al. 1983

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Brachyspira Hovind-Hougen et al. 1983	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Serpulina Stanton 1992	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Brachyspira Hovind-Hougen et al. 1983. Publication: Ochiai S, Adachi Y, Mori K. Unification of the genera Serpulina and Brachyspira, and proposals of Brachyspira hyodysenteriae Comb. Nov., Brachyspira innocens Comb. Nov. and Brachyspira pilosicoli Comb. Nov. Microbiol Immunol 1997; 41:445-452.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Scrpula"; "Selpula"; "Serputa"; "Setpula"; "Sezpula".
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CCUG: 2; ATCC: 2; NCTC: 1.
  • Later homonym of the fungal genus Serpula; illegitimate bacterial name (IJSEM 41:56). Publication: Stanton TB, Jensen NS, Casey TA, Tordoff LA, Dewhirst FE, Paster BJ. 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.
  • 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. Publication: Stanton TB. 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Serpula hyodysenteriae (Harris et al. 1972) Stanton et al. 1991	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
    Serpula innocens (Kinyon and Harris 1979) Stanton et al. 1991	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	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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