Genus Teretinema

Name: Teretinema Song et al. 2023

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Te.re.ti.ne’ma. L. adj. teres, well turned, round, smooth, elegant; Gr. neut. n. nêma, a thread; N.L. neut. n. Teretinema, an elegant thread

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Teretinemat-), te-re-ti-NE-ma

Type species: Teretinema zuelzerae (Canale-Parola 1980 ex Veldkamp 1960) Song et al. 2023

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Song Y, Pfeiffer F, Radek R, Hearne C, Herve V, Brune A. Comparative Analysis of Brucepastera parasyntrophica gen. nov., sp. nov. and Teretinema zuelzerae gen. nov., comb. nov. (Treponemataceae) Reveals the Importance of Interspecies Hydrogen Transfer in the Energy Metabolism of Spirochetes. Appl Environ Microbiol 2022; 88:e0050322. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 209. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5709.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Spirochaeta Ehrenberg 1835 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Canale-Parola E. Revival of the names Spirochaeta litoralis, Spirochaeta zuelzerae, and Spirochaeta aurantia. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1980; 30:594.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Treponema Schaudinn 1905 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Abt B, Goker M, Scheuner C, Han C, Lu M, Misra M, Lapidus A, Nolan M, Lucas S, Hammon N, et al. Genome sequence of the thermophilic fresh-water bacterium Spirochaeta caldaria type strain (H1^T), reclassification of Spirochaeta caldaria, Spirochaeta stenostrepta, and Spirochaeta zuelzerae in the genus Treponema as Treponema caldaria comb. nov., Treponema stenostrepta comb. nov., and Treponema zuelzerae comb. nov., and emendation of the genus Treponema. Stand Genomic Sci 2013; 8:88-105. 🇺🇸
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Treponema Schaudinn 1905 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Veldkamp H. Isolation and characteristics of Treponema zuelzerae nov. spec., and anaerobic, free-living spirochete. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1960; 26:103-125.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; ATCC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Teretinema zuelzerae (Canale-Parola 1980 ex Veldkamp 1960) Song et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Treponemataceae Robinson 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Song Y, Pfeiffer F, Radek R, Hearne C, Herve V, Brune A. Comparative Analysis of Brucepastera parasyntrophica gen. nov., sp. nov. and Teretinema zuelzerae gen. nov., comb. nov. (Treponemataceae) Reveals the Importance of Interspecies Hydrogen Transfer in the Energy Metabolism of Spirochetes. Appl Environ Microbiol 2022; 88:e0050322. 🇩🇪

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