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Species Treponema pertenue
Name: Treponema pertenue (Castellani 1905) Castellani and Chalmers 1910 (Approved Lists 1980)
Basonym: "Spirochaeta pertenuis" Castellani 1905
Etymology: per.te’nu.e. L. neut. adj. pertenue, extremely slight, very thin, slender
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … per-TE-nu-e, neuter
Type strain: Gauthier; no culture available; no type strain designated
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
HM165229
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication: Castellani A, Chalmers AJ. Manual of Tropical Medicine, 1st ed. Bailliere, Tindall and Cox, London, 1910.
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)
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue" (Castellani 1905) Smibert 1984 homotypic synonym, not validly published, distinct rank "Spirochaeta pertenuis" Castellani 1905 homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
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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. — The risk group for France has been imported on 2024-08-30. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Sweden has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for United Kingdom has been imported on 2024-01-31. 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 42 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 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.
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Parent taxon: Treponema Schaudinn 1905 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Castellani A, Chalmers AJ. Manual of Tropical Medicine, 1st ed. Bailliere, Tindall and Cox, London, 1910.
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Record number: 785119
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