Name: Serpulina pilosicoli Trott et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pi.lo.si.co.li. L. adj. pilosus -a -um, hairy, shaggy; L. neut. n. colon, colum, the colon; N.L. gen. neut. n. pilosicoli, of a hairy colon (referring to the fact that infection and attachment by this intestinal spirochete can result in the histological appearance of a hairy covering, false brush border, on the surface of the colon)

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 51139; P43/6/78

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: U23032 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Trott DJ, Stanton TB, Jensen NS, Duhamel GE, Johnson JL, Hampson DJ. Serpulina pilosicoli sp. nov., the agent of porcine intestinal spirochetosis. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:206-215.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:627.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Brachyspira pilosicoli (Trott et al. 1996) Ochiai et al. 1998

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Brachyspira pilosicoli (Trott et al. 1996) Ochiai et al. 1998	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • ❗ Serpulina pilosicoli is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Serpulina.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human and animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "ht".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 56 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 Serpulina pilosicoli Trott et al. 1996 was previously known as "Anguillina coli". Publication: Lee JI, Hampson DJ, Lymbery AJ, Harders SJ. The porcine intestinal spirochaetes: identification of new genetic groups. Vet Microbiol 1993; 34:273-285.

Parent taxon: Serpulina Stanton 1992

Assigned by: Trott DJ, Stanton TB, Jensen NS, Duhamel GE, Johnson JL, Hampson DJ. Serpulina pilosicoli sp. nov., the agent of porcine intestinal spirochetosis. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:206-215.

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