Name: Serpulina Stanton 1992

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: L. fem. dim. n. serpula, a little snake; L. fem. adj. suff. -ina, belonging to; N.L. fem. dim. n. Serpulina, belonging to a little snake, snakelike

Gender: feminine (stem: Serpulin-)

Type species: Serpulina hyodysenteriae (Harris et al. 1972) Stanton 1992

Valid 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.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 42, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:328-329.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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
    Serpula Stanton et al. 1991	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

• Notes:
  • 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.
  • 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: "Seipulina"; "Selpulina"; "Sepulina"; "Serpwlina".
  • 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.
  • Serpulina is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 7; CIP: 4; CCUG: 2; DSM: 1; NCTC: 1.
  • Replacement of the illegitimate original name, Serpula Stanton et al. 1991, which 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. 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. Publication: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 41, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:192.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 6
Total number of child taxa: 9

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Serpulina alvinipulli Stanton et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Serpulina canis" Duhamel et al. 1998	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Serpulina hyodysenteriae (Harris et al. 1972) Stanton 1992	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Serpulina innocens (Kinyon and Harris 1979) Stanton 1992	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Serpulina intermedia Stanton et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Serpulina intermedius" Lee et al. 1993	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    "Serpulina jonesii" Lee and Hampson 1994	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Serpulina murdochii Stanton et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Serpulina pilosicoli Trott et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	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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