Name: Serpula innocens (Kinyon and Harris 1979) Stanton et al. 1991

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Treponema innocens Kinyon and Harris 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: in’no.cens. L. adj. innocens, harmless, inoffensive (referring to non-pathogenic nature of the species for swine)

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 29796; B 256; CCUG 17081

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: M57744 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Stanton TB, Jensen NS, Casey TA, Tordoff LA, Dewhirst FE, Paster BJ. Reclassification of Treponema hyodysenteriae and Treponema innocens in a new genus, Serpula gen. nov., as Serpula hyodysenteriae comb. nov. and Serpula innocens comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:50-58.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 41, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:457-458.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Brachyspira innocens (Kinyon and Harris 1979) Ochiai et al. 1998

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Brachyspira innocens (Kinyon and Harris 1979) Ochiai et al. 1998	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Serpulina innocens (Kinyon and Harris 1979) Stanton 1992	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Treponema innocens Kinyon and Harris 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • The name, Serpula innocens (Kinyon and Harris 1979) Stanton et al. 1991, is illegitimate because of precedence of the fungal genus Serpula [Rule 51b(4)]. Consequently, a new species designation, Serpulina innocens (Kinyon and Harris 1979) Stanton 1992, has been proposed by Stanton 1992. Publication: Stanton TB. Proposal to change the genus designation Serpula to Serpulina gen. nov. containing the species Serpulina hyodysenteriae comb. nov. and Serpulina innocens comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:189-190.
  • The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t".

Parent taxon: Serpula Stanton et al. 1991

Assigned by: Stanton TB, Jensen NS, Casey TA, Tordoff LA, Dewhirst FE, Paster BJ. Reclassification of Treponema hyodysenteriae and Treponema innocens in a new genus, Serpula gen. nov., as Serpula hyodysenteriae comb. nov. and Serpula innocens comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:50-58.

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