The adjectival form of the epithet in Tannerella forsythensis Sakamoto et al. 2002 is to be retained and the name is to be corrected to Tannerella forsythia Sakamoto et al. 2002. Opinion 85 Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes,, 58, 1974-1974 (2008), doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.2008/006007-0, publicationName = Microbiology Society, issn = 1466-5026, abstract= The Judicial Commission rules that the adjectival form is to be conserved in the specific epithet forsythia in Tannerella forsythia., language=, type=