Species "Candidatus Treponema suis"

Name: "Candidatus Treponema suis" Mølbak et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: su’is. L. gen. masc./fem. n. suis, of a pig

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: tre-po-NE-ma SU-is, neuter

Nomenclatural type: no culture isolated

16S rRNA gene: AM284386 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Molbak L, Klitgaard K, Jensen TK, Fossi M, Boye M. Identification of a novel, invasive, not-yet-cultivated Treponema sp. in the large intestine of pigs by PCR amplification of the 16S rRNA gene. J Clin Microbiol 2006; 44:4537-4540. 🇩🇰

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 3. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5186.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

Parent taxon: Treponema Schaudinn 1905 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Molbak L, Klitgaard K, Jensen TK, Fossi M, Boye M. Identification of a novel, invasive, not-yet-cultivated Treponema sp. in the large intestine of pigs by PCR amplification of the 16S rRNA gene. J Clin Microbiol 2006; 44:4537-4540. 🇩🇰

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Record number: 28452

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