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Species "Spirochaeta pertenuis"
Name: "Spirochaeta pertenuis" Castellani 1905
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … per-TE-nu-is, feminine
Nomenclatural type: Gauthier; no culture available; no type strain designated
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16S rRNA gene:
HM165229
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Original publication: Castellani A. On the presence of spirochaetes in some cases of parangi (yaws, Framboesia tropica). Preliminary note. Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the British Medical Association 1905; 2:54.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)
Correct name: Treponema pertenue (Castellani 1905) Castellani and Chalmers 1910 (Approved Lists 1980)
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Treponema pertenue (Castellani 1905) Castellani and Chalmers 1910 (Approved Lists 1980) homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP "Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue" (Castellani 1905) Smibert 1984 homotypic synonym, not validly published, distinct rank
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Parent taxon: Spirochaeta Ehrenberg 1835 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Castellani A. On the presence of spirochaetes in some cases of parangi (yaws, Framboesia tropica). Preliminary note. Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the British Medical Association 1905; 2:54.
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Record number: 4467
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