Name: Turneriella parva (Hovind-Hougen et al. 1982) Levett et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Leptospira parva Hovind-Hougen et al. 1982

Etymology: par’va. L. fem. adj. parva, small

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1111; DSM 21527; H; NCTC 11395

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Z21636 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Levett PN, Morey RE, Galloway R, Steigerwalt AG, Ellis WA. Reclassification of Leptospira parva Hovind-Hougen et al. 1982 as Turneriella parva gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1497-1499.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2239-2241.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Leptospira parva Hovind-Hougen et al. 1982	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Turneria parva" (Hovind-Hougen et al. 1982) Hookey et al. 1993	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Emendations:
  • Stackebrandt et al. 2013 Stackebrandt E, Chertkov O, Lapidus A, Nolan M, Lucas S, Hammon N, Deshpande S, Cheng JF, Tapia R, Goodwin LA, et al. Genome sequence of the free-living aerobic spirochete Turneriella parva type strain (H^T), and emendation of the species Turneriella parva. Stand Genomic Sci 2013; 8:228-238.
    Notes:
    • As of 2020-09-22 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.
  • Hördt et al. 2020 Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Turneriella Levett et al. 2005. Publication: Levett PN, Morey RE, Galloway R, Steigerwalt AG, Ellis WA. Reclassification of Leptospira parva Hovind-Hougen et al. 1982 as Turneriella parva gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1497-1499.
  • Turneriella parva (Hovind-Hougen et al. 1982) Levett et al. 2005 was previously known as "Turneria parva" (Hovind-Hougen et al. 1982) Hookey et al. 1993. Publication: Hookey JV, Bryden J, Gatehouse L. The use of 16S rDNA sequence analysis to investigate the phylogeny of Leptospiraceae and related spirochaetes. J Gen Microbiol 1993; 139:2585-2590.

Parent taxon: Turneriella Levett et al. 2005

Assigned by: Levett PN, Morey RE, Galloway R, Steigerwalt AG, Ellis WA. Reclassification of Leptospira parva Hovind-Hougen et al. 1982 as Turneriella parva gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1497-1499.

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