Spirochaeta

Spirochaeta is a genus of bacteria classified within the phylum Spirochaetes.[1][2]

Spirochaeta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Spirochaetes
Class:
Spirochaetes
Order:
Spirochaetales
Family:
Spirochaetaceae
Genus:
Spirochaeta Ehrenberg 1835 emend. Pikuta et al. 2009 non Turczaninow 1851
Synonyms
  • "Ehrenbergia" Gieszczykiewiez 1939 non Martius 1827 non Sprengel 1820

Phylogeny

The phylogeny is based on 16S rRNA-based LTP release 123 by 'The All-Species Living Tree' Project.[3]

Spirochaetales
 

Exilispira thermophila

 
 
 
 
 

S. cellobiosiphila

 
 
 

S. litoralis

 
 
 

S. perfilievii

 
 
 

S. psychrophila

 
 

S. isovalerica

 
 
 
 
 
 
S. aurantia
 

?S. a. aurantia

 
 

?S. a. stricta

 
 
Borreliaceae
 

Cristispira pectinis

 
 
 

Borreliella

 
 

Borrelia

 
 
 
 
 
Spirochaetaceae
Spirochaeta
 
 
 

S. bajacaliforniensis

 
 

S. smaragdinae

 
 
 
 

S. thermophila

 
Sphaerochaeta
 

Sphaerochaeta multiformis

 
 
 

Sphaerochaeta coccoides

 
 
 

Sphaerochaeta globosa (type sp.)

 
 

Sphaerochaeta pleomorpha

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

S. halophila

 
 
 

S. americana

 
 
 

S. alkalica

 
 

S. sphaeroplastigenens

 
 
 
 
 
 

Salinispira pacifica

 
 
 

S. africana

 
 
 

S. asiatica

 
 

S. dissipatitropha

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Treponema

 
 
 
 

Taxonomy

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)[4] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).[5]

  • Spirochaeta africana Zhilina et al. 1996
  • Spirochaeta alkalica Zhilina et al. 1996
  • Spirochaeta americana Hoover et al. 2003
  • Spirochaeta asiatica Zhilina et al. 1996
  • Spirochaeta aurantia (ex Vinzent 1926) Canale-Parola 1980
    • ?S. a. aurantia (ex Vinzent 1926) Canale-Parola 1980 emend. Canale-Parola 1984 ["Spirochaeta aurantia var. aurantia" Breznak & Canale-Parola 1980]
    • ?S. a. stricta Canale-Parola 1984
  • Spirochaeta bajacaliforniensis Fracek and Stolz 2004
  • Spirochaeta cellobiosiphila Breznak and Warnecke 2008
  • Spirochaeta dissipatitropha Pikuta et al. 2009
  • Spirochaeta halophila Greenberg and Canale-Parola 1977
  • Spirochaeta isovalerica Harwood and Canale-Parola 1983
  • Spirochaeta litoralis (ex Hespell and Canale-Parola 1970) Canale-Parola 1980
  • Spirochaeta perfilievii Dubinina et al. 2011
  • Spirochaeta plicatilis ♦ Ehrenberg 1835 (type sp.)
  • Spirochaeta psychrophila Miyazaki et al. 2014
  • Spirochaeta smaragdinae Magot et al. 1998
  • Spirochaeta sphaeroplastigenens Vishnuvardhan Reddy et al. 2013
  • Spirochaeta taiwanensis ♠ Chi-Yu & Cai-Ji 2004
  • Spirochaeta thermophila Aksenova et al. 1992
  • Spirochaeta xylanolyticus ♠ Yeh & Huang 2004

Notes:
♦ Type strain lost or not available
♠ Strains found at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) but not listed in the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LSPN)

References
  1. See the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature. Data extracted from J.P. Euzéby. "Spirochaetes". Archived from the original on 2013-01-27. Retrieved 2011-11-17.
  2. See the NCBI webpage on Spirochaetes Data extracted from Sayers; et al. "NCBI Taxonomy Browser". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2011-06-05.
  3. 'The All-Species Living Tree' Project."16S rRNA-based LTP release 123 (full tree)" (PDF). Silva Comprehensive Ribosomal RNA Database. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
  4. J.P. Euzéby. "Spirochaetes". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2016-03-20.
  5. Sayers; et al. "Spirochaetes". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2016-03-20.


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