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Species Treponema pectinovorum
Name: Treponema pectinovorum Smibert and Burmeister 1983
Etymology: pec.ti.no.vo’rum. N.L. neut. n. pectinum, pectin; N.L. neut. adj. suff. -vorum, devouring; from L. v. voro, to devour; N.L. neut. adj. pectinovorum, pectin devouring, pectin destroying
Type strain: ATCC 33768; VPI D-36; VPI D-36-DR-2
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
M71237
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Smibert RM, Burmeister JA. Treponema pectinovorum sp. nov. isolated from humans with periodontitis. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:852-856. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - 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. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 31 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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.
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🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen.
Publication:
Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
Parent taxon: Treponema Schaudinn 1905 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Smibert RM, Burmeister JA. Treponema pectinovorum sp. nov. isolated from humans with periodontitis. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:852-856.
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Record number: 785118
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