Legitimacy of the names of subspecies of Campylobacter fetus proposed by Véron and Chatelain, 1980.
Since the publication of the 8th edition of Bergey's Manual of determinative bacteriology, there has been considerable confusion concerning the names of 2 subspecies and the types of the subspecies of Campylobacter fetus (Smith and Taylor, 1919) Sebald and Véron, 1980. Despite the documentation of the names C. fetus subsp. fetus (Smith and Taylor) Véron and Chatelain and C. fetus subsp. venerealis (Florent) Véron and Chatelain, which appear in the "Approved lists of bacterial names", the influence of Smibert's description in the 8th edition of Bergey's Manual continues. To stabilize the nomenclature and to avoid or reject the use of names which may cause error or confusion, this paper will focus on the legitimacy of the 2 subspecific names of C. fetus proposed by Véron and Chatelain.
D002167:Campylobacter / Q000145:classification*; D002168:Campylobacter fetus / Q000145:classification*; D009626:Terminology as Topic