Spirochaetaceae
A microscopic photograph of fluorescent-stained Spirochaeta americana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Spirochaetota
Class: Spirochaetia
Order: Spirochaetales
Family: Spirochaetaceae
Swellengrebel 1907 (Approved Lists 1980)
Genera
  • Alkalispirochaeta
  • "Candidatus Allospironema"
  • Bullifex
  • "Canaleparolina"
  • Clevelandina
  • Diplocalyx
  • "Entomospira"
  • Hollandina
  • Marispirochaeta
  • "Mobilifilum"
  • Oceanispirochaeta
  • Pillotina
  • Salinispira
  • Sediminispirochaeta
  • Spirochaeta
  • Thiospirochaeta
Synonyms
  • "Microspirochaetaceae" Gieszezykiewiez 1939
  • "Pillotinaceae" Margulis and Hinkle 1992
  • "Spirochaetidae" Enderlein 1917

The Spirochaetaceae are a family of spirochete bacteria. Some species within this family are known to causes syphilis, Lyme disease, relapsing fever, and other illnesses.[1]

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) [2] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).[3]

See also: Bacterial taxonomy
16S rRNA based LTP_08_2023[4][5][6] 120 single copy marker proteins based GTDB 08-RS214[7][8][9]

Rectinemataceae

Treponemataceae

Spirochaeta thermophila

Sediminispirochaeta Shivani et al. 2016

Marispirochaeta Shivani et al. 2017

Sphaerochaetaceae

Pleomorphochaeta Arroua et al. 2016

Bullifex Wylensek et al. 2021

Sphaerochaeta Ritalahti et al. 2012

Spirochaetaceae

Spirochaeta lutea

Salinispira Ben Hania et al. 2015

Spirochaeta Ehrenberg 1835 non Turczaninow 1851

Spirochaeta halophila

Alkalispirochaeta Sravanthi et al. 2016

Spirochaetaceae 2

Spirochaeta species-group 2

Oceanispirochaeta Subhash & Lee 2017b

Spirochaeta cellobiosiphila

Thiospirochaeta Dubinina et al. 2020

Spirochaeta aurantia

Borreliaceae

"Borreliales"

Borreliaceae

"Entomospirales"

"Entomospiraceae"

DSM‑17781
DSM‑17781

Spirochaeta cellobiosiphila

Spirochaetales_E
DSM‑19205

Thiospirochaeta

Spirochaetaceae_B

Spirochaeta species-group 2

Oceanispirochaeta

"Sphaerochaetales"
Sphaerochaetaceae

Parasphaerochaeta Bidzhieva et al. 2020

Sphaerochaeta

Bullifex

"Ca. Ornithospirochaeta" Gilroy et al. 2021

"Marispirochaetales"
"Marispirochaetaceae"

Marispirochaeta

"Sediminispirochaetales"
"Sediminispirochaetaceae"

Sediminispirochaeta

Spirochaetales_A
Spirochaetaceae_A

Spirochaeta thermophila

"Salinispirales"
"Salinispiraceae"

Spirochaeta lutea

Salinispira

DSM‑8902

Spirochaeta africana

"Alkalispirochaetaceae"

Alkalispirochaeta

"Treponematales"

"Rectinemataceae"

Breznakiellaceae

Treponemataceae

See also

References

  1. ^ Karami, Ali; Sarshar, Meysam; Ranjbar, Reza; Zanjani, Rahim Sorouri (19 October 2014). "The Phylum Spirochaetaceae". The Prokaryotes. pp. 915–929. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-38954-2_156. ISBN 978-3-642-38953-5.
  2. ^ J.P. Euzéby. "Spirochaetaceae". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2022-07-20.
  3. ^ Sayers; et al. "Spirochaetaceae". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
  4. ^ "The LTP". Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  5. ^ "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  6. ^ "LTP_08_2023 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  7. ^ "GTDB release 08-RS214". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  8. ^ "bac120_r214.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  9. ^ "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
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