Name: Serpula Stanton et al. 1991

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

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

Gender: feminine

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, 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
    Serpulina Stanton 1992	homotypic synonym, validly published

• Notes:
  • 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, illegitimate name	synonym
    Serpula innocens (Kinyon and Harris 1979) Stanton et al. 1991	validly published, illegitimate name	synonym

Parent taxon: Brachyspiraceae Paster 2012

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