Name: Brachyspira suanatina Mushtaq et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: su.a.na.ti.na. L. masc./fem. n. sus, pig; L. fem. adj. anatina, from/of a duck; N.L. fem. adj. suanatina, of pig and duck, referring to the host animals (pigs and mallards) from which this spirochete was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: AN4859/03; ATCC BAA-2592; DSM 100974

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ473575 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Mushtaq M, Zubair S, Rasback T, Bongcam-Rudloff E, Jansson DS. Brachyspira suanatina sp. nov., an enteropathogenic intestinal spirochaete isolated from pigs and mallards: genomic and phenotypic characteristics. BMC Microbiol 2015; 15:208.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 172. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4299-4305.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Brachyspira suanatina" Råsback et al. 2007	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 10 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Brachyspira Hovind-Hougen et al. 1983

Assigned by: Mushtaq M, Zubair S, Rasback T, Bongcam-Rudloff E, Jansson DS. Brachyspira suanatina sp. nov., an enteropathogenic intestinal spirochaete isolated from pigs and mallards: genomic and phenotypic characteristics. BMC Microbiol 2015; 15:208.

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Record number: 794748