Name: "Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue" (Castellani 1905) Smibert 1984

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Spirochaeta pertenuis" Castellani 1905

Etymology: per.ten’u.e. L. neut. adj. pertenue, very thin, slender

Gender: neuter

Type strain: Gauthier; no culture available; no type strain designated

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HM165229 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

Correct name: Treponema pertenue (Castellani 1905) Castellani and Chalmers 1910 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Treponema pertenue (Castellani 1905) Castellani and Chalmers 1910 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    "Spirochaeta pertenuis" Castellani 1905	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists, distinct rank

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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Record number: 801240