Formal description of Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum, comb. nov., Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue, comb. nov., Treponema pallidum subsp. endemicum, subsp. nov. and emended description of Treponema pallidum
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This article represents the valid publication of the names of three subspecies of Treponema pallidum. These subspecies were first described by Robert M. Smibert in 1984 and correspond with organisms that cause syphilis (subsp. pallidum), yaws (subsp. pertenue)... ...
