Species ***Treponema* *paraluiscuniculi***

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

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Spirochaeta paraluiscuniculi" Jacobsthal 1920

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 (gen. cuniculi), a rabbit; N.L. gen. masc. n. paraluiscuniculi, of a syphilis-like (disease) of rabbits

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: tre-po-NE-ma pa-ra-lu-is-ku-NI-ku-li, neuter

Type strain: no culture available

Effective publication: Smibert RM. Treponema paraluiscuniculi (Jacobsthal) Smibert comb. nov. In: Buchanan RE, Gibbons NE (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 8th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1974, p. 177.

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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Spirochaeta paraluiscuniculi" Jacobsthal 1920	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — 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 = 2, note = "PV". — 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 16 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
- 🧍 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. 🇩🇪
- 🧍 See also: Publication: Hill LR, Skerman VBD, Sneath PHA. Corrigenda to the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names edited for the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:508-511. 🇬🇧
- 🧍 The original spelling, Treponema paraluis-cuniculi (sic), has been corrected by Farmer 1983 [1] and by Hill et al. 1984 [2]. Publication: Farmer Iii JJ. Correction of four specific epithets that are hyphenated in the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names 1980. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:425.

Parent taxon: Treponema Schaudinn 1905 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Smibert RM. Treponema paraluiscuniculi (Jacobsthal) Smibert comb. nov. In: Buchanan RE, Gibbons NE (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 8th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1974, p. 177.

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Species Treponema paraluiscuniculi

Species ***Treponema* *paraluiscuniculi***