Name DOI
10.1601/nm.30383
Name
 (ex Brumpt 1939) Smibert 1984
Name Status
Not Validly Published
Current Authority
(ex Brumpt 1939) Smibert 1984
Preferred Name
Taxonomic Rank
species
Nomenclatural Type
(designated strain)
Refer to the type exemplar.
Taxonomy
Type Strain
representative organism
Proper Form
Treponema carateum (ex Brumpt 1939) Smibert 1984
Nomenclatural History
The species Treponema carateum was originally described by Brumpt 1939. It pre-dated the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names but was excluded from those lists. In 1984 the name was revived by Smibert. In 2015, reduced this species to the rank of subspecies to form (Smibert 1984) None 2015 .

The causative agent of pinta.
Citation
When referring specifically to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.
Name Abstract for Treponema carateum (ex Brumpt 1939) Smibert 1984.. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.30383.
Source File
This information was last reviewed on July 16, 2019.

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. Brumpt E. Un nouveau parasite de l'homme: Treponema carateum, agent des carates ou "mal del Pinto". C R Seances Soc Biol Fil 1939; 130:942-945.
  3. 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.
  4. No reference is available 2015