Spirochaeta

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Spirochaeta
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Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Spirochaetota
Class: Spirochaetia
Order: Spirochaetales
Family: Spirochaetaceae
Genus: Spirochaeta
Ehrenberg 1835 non Turczaninow 1851
Type species
Spirochaeta plicatilis
Ehrenberg 1835
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • "Ehrenbergia" Gieszczykiewiez 1939 non Martius 1827 non Sprengel 1820

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

Contents

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) [1] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). [2]

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024 [3] [4] [5] 120 marker proteins based GTDB 09-RS220 [6] [7] [8]

Spirochaeta thermophila Aksenova et al. 1992

Salinispiraceae

Spirochaeta luteaShivani et al. 2015

Salinispira

Spirochaetaceae
Spirochaeta

S. africanaZhilina et al. 1996

S. asiaticaZhilina et al. 1996

S. dissipatitrophaPikuta et al. 2009

Alkalispirochaetaceae

Spirochaeta halophilaGreenberg & Canale-Parola 1977

Alkalispirochaeta

Spirochaeta aurantiaVinzent 1926 ex Canale-Parola 1980

"Thiospirochaetaceae"

Spirochaeta cellobiosiphilaBreznak & Warnecke 2008

Oceanispirochaeta

Thiospirochaeta

Spirochaeta

Spirochaeta isovalericaHarwood & Canale-Parola 1983

Spirochaeta psychrophilaMiyazaki et al. 2014

species‑group 2

"Entomospiraceae"

Borreliaceae

"Borreliales"

Borreliaceae

"Entomospirales"

"Entomospiraceae"

DSM‑17781
DSM‑17781

Spirochaeta cellobiosiphila

Spirochaetales_E
DSM‑2461

Spirochaeta isovalerica

"Thiospirochaetaceae"

Thiospirochaeta

Spirochaetaceae_B

Oceanispirochaeta

Spirochaetales_A
Spirochaetaceae_A

Spirochaeta thermophila

"Salinispirales"
Salinispiraceae

Spirochaeta lutea

Salinispira

DSM‑8902

Spirochaeta africana

Alkalispirochaetaceae

Alkalispirochaeta

"Marispirochaetales"

"Sediminispirochaetales"

Sphaerochaetales

Treponematales

Species incertae sedis:

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References

  1. 1 2 J.P. Euzéby. "Spirochaeta". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  2. 1 2 Sayers; et al. "Spirochaeta". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  3. ↑ "The LTP" . Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  4. ↑ "LTP_all tree in newick format" . Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  5. ↑ "LTP_10_2024 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  6. ↑ "GTDB release 09-RS220". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  7. ↑ "bac120_r220.sp_labels". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  8. ↑ "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 10 May 2024.
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