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Species "Treponema plautii"
Name: "Treponema plautii" Fong et al. 2025
Etymology: plau’ti.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. plautii, of Plaut, named in honor of the German physician H. C. Plaut, for his studies on trench mouth
Pronunciation, gender: PLA͡U-ti-i, neuter
Nomenclatural type: ATCC 700767; DSM 16787; OMZ 806
Original publication:
Fong JYH, Yeung ML, Li TT, Li WH, Ma Y, Zhao Y, Leung WK, Teng JLL. Genomic Insights Into the Treponema Genus: Taxonomic Resolution of Treponema vincentii and Description of Two Novel Species, Treponema plautii sp. nov. and Treponema sinense sp. nov. Mol Oral Microbiol 2025; 0:e70009. 
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
Parent taxon: Treponema Schaudinn 1905 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Fong JYH, Yeung ML, Li TT, Li WH, Ma Y, Zhao Y, Leung WK, Teng JLL. Genomic Insights Into the Treponema Genus: Taxonomic Resolution of Treponema vincentii and Description of Two Novel Species, Treponema plautii sp. nov. and Treponema sinense sp. nov. Mol Oral Microbiol 2025; 0:e70009.
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Record number: 67413
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