Name DOI
10.1601/nm.7872
Name
 (Castellani 1905) Castellani and Chalmers 1910 emend. Smibert 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
Name Status
Validly Published
Current Authority
(Castellani 1905) Castellani and Chalmers 1910 emend. Smibert 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
Preferred Name
Taxonomic Rank
species
Nomenclatural Type
(designated strain)
Refer to the type exemplar.
Taxonomy
Type Strain
representative organism
Proper Form
Treponema pertenue (Castellani 1905) Castellani and Chalmers 1910 emend. Smibert 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
Nomenclatural History
The species Treponema pertenue was originally described by Castellani and Chalmers 1910. This name appeared on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names 1980. Smibert published an emended description of this species in 1974. In 1984, Smibert reduced this species to the rank of subspecies to form (Castellani 1905) Smibert 1984 .

The causative agent of yaws (non-venereal syphilis).
Citation
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Name Abstract for Treponema pertenue (Castellani 1905) Castellani and Chalmers 1910 emend. Smibert 1974 (Approved Lists 1980).. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.7872.
Source File
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References

  1. Smibert RM. Genus III. Treponema Schaudinn 1905, 1728(AL). In: Holt JG (ed), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, First Edition, Volume 1, The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1984, p. 49-57.
  2. Castellani A. On the presence of spirochaetes in some cases of parangi (yaws, Framboesia tropica). Preliminary note. Ceylon Med J 1905; 2:54.
  3. Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225.
  4. Smibert RM. Genus III. Treponema Schaudinn 1905, 1728. In: Buchanan RE, Gibbons NE (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, Eighth Edition, The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1974, p. 175-184.
  5. Castellani A, Chalmers AJ. Treponema pertenue Castellani, 1905. Manual of Tropical Medicine, First Edition, Baillière, Tindall and Cox, London, 1910.