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Species Treponema innocens

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

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: tre-po-NE-ma IN-no-kens, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 29796; B 256; CCUG 17081

16S rRNA gene: M57744 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Kinyon JM, Harris DL. Treponema innocens, a new species of intestinal bacteria and emended description of the type strain of Treponema hyodysenteriae Harris et al. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1979; 29:102-109.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

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

Risk group: 2

  • Notes:
    • ❗ Treponema innocens 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 Treponema.
    • 😷 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 = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
    • 🎓 Name mentioned 26 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
    • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Treponema Schaudinn 1905 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Kinyon JM, Harris DL. Treponema innocens, a new species of intestinal bacteria and emended description of the type strain of Treponema hyodysenteriae Harris et al. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1979; 29:102-109.

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Record number: 785110