Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.7879

Name

Serpulina (Stanton et al. 1991) Stanton 1992

Taxonomic Rank

genus

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
family	Brachyspiraceae Paster 2012

Members

species	Serpulina hyodysenteriae Stanton 1992 pro synon. Serpula hyodysenteriae (Harris et al. 1972) Stanton et al. 1991
species	Serpulina alvinipulli Stanton et al. 1998
species	Serpulina innocens (Kinyon and Harris 1979) Stanton 1992
species	Serpulina intermedia Stanton et al. 1997
species	Serpulina murdochii Stanton et al. 1997
species	Serpulina pilosicoli Trott et al. 1996

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this genus within the root Universal Root.


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990
phylum Spirochaetota corrig. Garrity and Holt 2021
class Spirochaetia (Cavalier-Smith 2002) Paster 2020
order Spirochaetales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Hördt et al. 2020
family Brachyspiraceae Paster 2012
genus Serpulina (Stanton et al. 1991) Stanton 1992

The taxonomy from the rank of class and below is based upon currently published taxonomic opinion. For a complete taxonomy, refer to The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7.

Citation

When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.

Taxon Abstract for the genus Serpulina (Stanton et al. 1991) Stanton 1992. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.7879.

Source File

10.1601/tx.7879.xml


This information was last reviewed on January 27, 2017.

References

Paster BJ. Family II. Brachyspiraceae. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Second Edition, Volume 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 531.
Stanton TB, Postic D, Jensen NS. Serpulina alvinipulli sp. nov., a new Serpulina species that is enteropathogenic for chickens. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:669-676. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-48-3-669 [PubMed].
Stanton TB, Fournié-Amazouz E, Postic D, Trott DJ, Grimont PAD, Baranton G, Hampson DJ, Saint Girons I. Recognition of two new species of intestinal spirochetes: Serpulina intermedia sp. nov. and Serpulina murdochii sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1007-1012. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-47-4-1007 [PubMed].
Trott DJ, Stanton TB, Jensen NS, Duhamel GE, Johnson JL, Hampson DJ. Serpulina pilosicoli sp. nov., the agent of porcine intestinal spirochetosis. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:206-215. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-46-1-206 [PubMed].
Stanton TB. Proposal to change the genus designation Serpula to Serpulina gen. nov. containing the species Serpulina hyodysenteriae comb. nov. and Serpulina innocens comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:189-190. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-42-1-189 [PubMed].