Name: "Spirochaeta paraluiscuniculi" Jacobsthal 1920

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pa.ra.lu.is.cu.ni’cu.li. Gr. prep. para, beside, alongside of, near, like; L. fem. n. lues (gen. luis), pestilences, plague, infection (here syphilis); L. masc. n. cuniculus, -i, a rabbit; N.L. gen. masc. n. paraluiscuniculi, of a syphilis-like (disease) of rabbits

Pronunciation, gender: pa-ra-lu-is-ku-NI-ku-li, feminine

Nomenclatural type: no culture available

Original publication: Jacobsthal E. Untersuchungen über eine syphilisahnliche Spontanerkrankung des Kaninchens (Paralues cuniculi). Dermatologische Wochenschrift 1920; 71:569-571.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Treponema paraluiscuniculi corrig. (Jacobsthal 1920) Smibert 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Spirochaeta Ehrenberg 1835 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Jacobsthal E. Untersuchungen über eine syphilisahnliche Spontanerkrankung des Kaninchens (Paralues cuniculi). Dermatologische Wochenschrift 1920; 71:569-571.

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Record number: 4465
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