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Name: Treponema pertenue (Castellani 1905) Castellani and Chalmers 1910 (Approved Lists 1980)
Basonym: "Spirochaeta pertenuis" Castellani 1905
Etymology: per.ten’u.e. L. neut. adj. pertenue, extremely slight, very thin, slender
Type strain: Gauthier; no culture available; no type strain designated
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
HM165229
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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)
Name | Kind |
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"Spirochaeta pertenuis" Castellani 1905 | homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists |
"Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue" (Castellani 1905) Smibert 1984 | homotypic synonym, not validly published, distinct rank |
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