Name: "Treponema pallidum subsp. endemicum" Smibert 1984

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: en.de’mi.cum. Gr. masc./fem. adj. endêmos, native, dwelling in place; N.L. neut. adj. endemicum, endemic

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: tre-po-NE-ma PAL-li-dum en-DE-mi-kum, neuter

Nomenclatural type: BEI NR-60824; BEI Resources NR-60824; Bosnia A; DSM 120347; no type strain designated originally

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16S rRNA gene: JX120536 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Smibert RM. Genus III Treponema Schaudinn 1905, 1728AL. In: Krieg NR, Holt JG (eds), Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, first edition, vol. 1, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1984, p. 49-57.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Treponema pallidum subsp. endemicum Norris et al. 2026

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Treponema pallidum subsp. endemicum Norris et al. 2026	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Parent taxon: Treponema pallidum (Schaudinn and Hoffmann 1905) Schaudinn 1905 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Smibert RM. Genus III Treponema Schaudinn 1905, 1728AL. In: Krieg NR, Holt JG (eds), Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, first edition, vol. 1, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1984, p. 49-57.

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