Domain Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Treponema pedis

Name: Treponema pedis Evans et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pe’dis. L. gen. masc. n. pedis, of the foot, referring to the source of isolation

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 18691; NCTC 13403; T3552B

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16S rRNA gene: EF061268 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Evans NJ, Brown JM, Demirkan I, Murray RD, Birtles RJ, Hart CA, Carter SD. Treponema pedis sp. nov., a spirochaete isolated from bovine digital dermatitis lesions. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:987-991.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1853-1855.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

Parent taxon: Treponema Schaudinn 1905 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Evans NJ, Brown JM, Demirkan I, Murray RD, Birtles RJ, Hart CA, Carter SD. Treponema pedis sp. nov., a spirochaete isolated from bovine digital dermatitis lesions. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:987-991.

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Record number: 785550
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