Treponemataceae

Treponemataceae
Histopathology of Treponema pallidum spirochetes using a modified Steiner silver stain
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Spirochaetota
Class:	Spirochaetia
Order:	Spirochaetales
Family:	Treponemataceae Robinson 1948 [1] (Approved Lists 1980) [2]
Genera
"Ca. Avitreponema" Brucepastera "Ca. Gallitreponema" Teretinema Treponema
Synonyms
Treponemidae Castellani & Chalmers 1919

The Treponemataceae are a family of spirochete bacteria. ^[3] The clade includes a number of significant pathogens, such as Treponemapallidum, the cause of human syphilis. ^{[4] [5]}

Phylogeny

See also: Bacterial taxonomy

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) ^[3] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). ^[6]

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024 [7] [8] [9]	120 marker proteins based GTDB 10-RS226 [10] [11] [12]
Rectinemataceae Rectinema Koelschbach et al. 2017 [13] Breznakiellaceae Gracilinema Brune et al. 2022 Zuelzera Brune et al. 2022 Breznakiella Song et al. 2022 Treponema primitia Helmutkoenigia Brune et al. 2022 Leadbettera Brune et al. 2022 Treponemataceae Brucepastera Song et al. 2023 Teretinema Song et al. 2023 Treponema Schaudinn 1905 Treponema species-group 2	"Treponematales" Rectinemataceae Rectinema Breznakiellaceae Gracilinema Treponema primitia Breznakiella Leadbettera Treponemataceae "Ca. Gallitreponema" Gilroy et al. 2021 Treponema _C, D, F, & G "Ca. Avitreponema" Gilroy et al. 2021 Brucepastera Teretinema Treponema

See also

• List of bacteria genera
• List of bacterial orders

References

1. Robinson, George H (1948). "Family II. Treponemataceae Schaudinn". In Bergey, D. H.; Breed, Robert S.; Hitchens, Arthur Parker; Murray, Everitt George Dunne (eds.). Bergey's manual of determinative bacteriology. pp. 1058–1071. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.60376. OCLC   1041572704.
2. Sneath, P. H. A.; McGowan, Vicki; Skerman, V. B. D. (1980). "Approved Lists of Bacterial Names". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 30 (1): 225–420. doi: 10.1099/00207713-30-1-225 .
3. Treponemataceae in LPSN ; Freese, H. M.; Meier-Kolthoff, J. P.; Sardà Carbasse, J.; Afolayan, A. O.; Göker, M. (29 October 2025). "TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity". Nucleic Acids Research. 53: D1 –D12. doi:10.1093/nar/gkaf1110.
4. "Medical Definition of TREPONEMATACEAE". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
5. Haake, David A.; Yang, X. Frank (2019). "Spirochetes". Reference Module in Biomedical Sciences. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-801238-3.02303-5. ISBN   978-0-12-801238-3.
6. Schoch CL; et al. "Treponemataceae". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-06-05.
7. "The LTP" . Retrieved 10 December 2024.
8. "LTP_all tree in newick format" . Retrieved 10 December 2024.
9. "LTP_10_2024 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
10. "GTDB release 10-RS226". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 1 May 2025.
11. "bac120_r226.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 1 May 2025.
12. "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 1 May 2025.
13. Koelschbach, Janina S.; Mouttaki, Housna; Pickl, Carolin; Heipieper, Hermann J.; Rachel, Reinhard; Lawson, Paul A.; Meckenstock, Rainer U. (2017). "Rectinema cohabitans gen. nov., sp. nov., a rod-shaped spirochaete isolated from an anaerobic naphthalene-degrading enrichment culture". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 67 (5): 1288–1295. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.001799 . PMID   28100313.