Species ***Treponema* *putidum***

Name: Treponema putidum Wyss et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pu’ti.dum. L. neut. adj. putidum, rotten, decaying, stinking, fetid

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: tre-po-NE-ma PU-ti-dum, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 700334; CIP 108088; JZC3; OMZ 758

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KP101531 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wyss C, Moter A, Choi BK, Dewhirst FE, Xue Y, Schupbach P, Gobel UB, Paster BJ, Guggenheim B. Treponema putidum sp. nov., a medium-sized proteolytic spirochaete isolated from lesions of human periodontitis and acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1117-1122. 🇨🇭

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1911-1913.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

Emendations:
- Hördt et al. 2020 Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

Notes:
- 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.02468 (N = 2).
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 13 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
- 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧

Parent taxon: Treponema Schaudinn 1905 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Wyss C, Moter A, Choi BK, Dewhirst FE, Xue Y, Schupbach P, Gobel UB, Paster BJ, Guggenheim B. Treponema putidum sp. nov., a medium-sized proteolytic spirochaete isolated from lesions of human periodontitis and acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1117-1122. 🇨🇭

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Species Treponema putidum

Species ***Treponema* *putidum***