Two Australian isolates of Treponema hyodysenteriae which did not fit within the current serological grouping system for these bacteria were examined by agarose gel double immunodiffusion tests (AGDP). Isolate Vic1 was serologically unique, and we propose that it becomes the type organism for a new sixth serological group of T. hyodysenteriae (Group F). Isolate Q1 was unusual in that lipopolysa...