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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)
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