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Species "Treponema oralis"
Name: "Treponema oralis" Socransky et al. 1969
Etymology: o.ra’lis. L. neut. n. os (gen. oris), mouth; L. masc./fem. adj. suff. -alis, suffix denoting pertaining to; L. masc./fem. adj. oralis, pertaining to the mouth, of the mouth
Original publication:
Socransky SS, Listgarten M, Hubersak C, Cotmore J, Clark A. Morphological and biochemical differentiation of three types of small oral spirochetes. J Bacteriol 1969; 98:878-882. 
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
Parent taxon: Treponema Schaudinn 1905 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Socransky SS, Listgarten M, Hubersak C, Cotmore J, Clark A. Morphological and biochemical differentiation of three types of small oral spirochetes. J Bacteriol 1969; 98:878-882.
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Record number: 11989
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