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Order Treponematales
Name: Treponematales Chuvochina et al. 2024
Etymology: Tre.po.ne.ma.ta’les. N.L. neut. n. Treponema, type genus of the order; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -ales, ending to denote an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Treponematales, order of the genus Treponema
Pronunciation, gender: tre-po-ne-ma-TA-les, feminine
Type genus: Treponema Schaudinn 1905 (Approved Lists 1980)
Effective 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. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 215. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6173.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Correct name: Spirochaetales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Borreliales Chuvochina et al. 2024 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Winmispirales Podosokorskaya et al. 2025 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Spirochaetales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980) heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Sphaerochaetales Chuvochina et al. 2024 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
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🧒 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned the family Treponemataceae Robinson 1948 (Approved Lists 1980) to this order.
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.
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🧒 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned the genus Treponema Schaudinn 1905 (Approved Lists 1980) to this order.
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.
- ❗ Treponematales is the correct name instead if this order is regarded as a separate order (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another order whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
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🧒 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned the family Treponemataceae Robinson 1948 (Approved Lists 1980) to this order.
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.
Parent taxon: Spirochaetia Paster 2020
Assigned by:
LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted.
It may or may not mention this taxon name. —
Paster BJ. Class I. Spirochaetia class. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, et al. (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. The Bacteroidetes, Spirochaetes, Tenericutes (Mollicutes), Acidobacteria, Fibrobacteres, Fusobacteria, Dictyoglomi, Gemmatimonadetes, Lentisphaerae, Verrucomicrobia, Chlamydiae, and Planctomycetes, vol. 4, 2nd ed., Springer, New York, 2010, p. 471-563.
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Record number: 43711
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