Order Brachyspirales

Name: Brachyspirales Gupta et al. 2014

Category, proposed as: order, ord. nov.

Etymology: Bra.chy.spi.ra’les. N.L. fem. n. Brachyspira, type genus of the order; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -ales, ending to denote an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Brachyspirales, the order of Brachyspira

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: bra-k^hy-spi-RA-les, feminine

Type genus: Brachyspira Hovind-Hougen et al. 1983

Effective 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. 🇨🇦

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 156. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:693-696.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Brachyspiriales" Gupta et al. 2013	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    "Brachyspirales" corrig. Gupta et al. 2013	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this order 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 order to the class Spirochaetes Cavalier-Smith 2002. 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. 🇨🇦
  • 🧒 Gupta et al. (2013) assigned the genus Brachyspira Hovind-Hougen et al. 1983 to this order. 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. 🇨🇦
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 19; CIP: 8; B: 6; CCUG: 6; NCTC: 5; DSM: 4.
  • 🧍 The connecting vowel -i- was removed on validation to read Brachyspirales rather than Brachyspiriales. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 156. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:693-696.

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
    Brachyspiraceae Paster 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Spirochaetia Paster 2020

Assigned by: Freese HM, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Sarda Carbasse J, Afolayan AO, Goker M. TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity. Nucleic Acids Res 2026; 54:D884-D891. 🇩🇪

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