Name: "Brachyspira suanatina" Råsback et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: su.a.na.ti.na. 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

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ473575 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Rasback T, Jansson DS, Johansson KE, Fellstrom C. A novel enteropathogenic, strongly haemolytic spirochaete isolated from pig and mallard, provisionally designated 'Brachyspira suanatina' sp. nov. Environ Microbiol 2007; 9:983-991.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Brachyspira suanatina Mushtaq et al. 2016

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Brachyspira suanatina Mushtaq et al. 2016	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t".

Parent taxon: Brachyspira Hovind-Hougen et al. 1983

Assigned by: Rasback T, Jansson DS, Johansson KE, Fellstrom C. A novel enteropathogenic, strongly haemolytic spirochaete isolated from pig and mallard, provisionally designated 'Brachyspira suanatina' sp. nov. Environ Microbiol 2007; 9:983-991.

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Record number: 4594