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Species Treponema phagedenis
Name: Treponema phagedenis (ex Brumpt 1922) Kuhnert et al. 2020
Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.
Etymology: pha.ge.de’nis. Gr. fem. n. phagedaina, a cancerous sore; N.L. gen. fem. n. phagedenis, of a cancerous sore [probably better: phagedaenae]
Type strain: B43.1; DSM 110455; NCTC 14362
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
MN396624
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Kuhnert P, Brodard I, Alsaaod M, Steiner A, Stoffel MH, Jores J. Treponema phagedenis (ex Noguchi 1912) Brumpt 1922 sp. nov., nom. rev., isolated from bovine digital dermatitis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2115-2123. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3583-3587.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of "Treponema phagedenis" (ex Brumpt 1922) Smibert 1984.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "default: 2 Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2; biotypes Reiter and Kazan 5: 2 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 = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 182 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.
Parent taxon: Treponema Schaudinn 1905 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Kuhnert P, Brodard I, Alsaaod M, Steiner A, Stoffel MH, Jores J. Treponema phagedenis (ex Noguchi 1912) Brumpt 1922 sp. nov., nom. rev., isolated from bovine digital dermatitis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2115-2123.
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Record number: 5398
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