Species Treponema pallidum
Name: Treponema pallidum (Schaudinn and Hoffmann 1905) Schaudinn 1905 (Approved Lists 1980)
Basonym: "Spirochaeta pallida" Schaudinn and Hoffmann 1905
Etymology: pal’li.dum. L. neut. adj. pallidum, pale, pallid
Type strain: no culture available; none designated
Effective publication: Schaudinn F. Korrespondenzen. Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift 1905; 31:1728.
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: correct name
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Spirochaeta pallida" Schaudinn and Hoffmann 1905 homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
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Notes:
- Nomenclatural type of the genus Treponema Schaudinn 1905 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Schaudinn F. Korrespondenzen. Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift 1905; 31:1728.
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According to Yarza et al. (2013), an "un-sequenced orphan species where descriptions, illustrations or dead preserved material serve as the type.".
Publication:
Yarza P, Sproer C, Swiderski J, Mrotzek N, Spring S, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Lang E, et al. Sequencing orphan species initiative (SOS): Filling the gaps in the 16S rRNA gene sequence database for all species with validly published names. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:69-73.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Treponema pallidum subsp. endemicum" Smibert 1984 not validly published "Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue" (Castellani 1905) Smibert 1984 not validly published
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Parent taxon: Treponema Schaudinn 1905 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Schaudinn F. Korrespondenzen. Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift 1905; 31:1728.
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Record number: 785115