Spirochaetaceae

Summary

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]

Spirochaetaceae
A microscopic photograph of fluorescent-stained Spirochaeta americana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Spirochaetota
Class: Spirochaetia
Order: Spirochaetales
Family: SpirochaetaceaeSwellengrebel 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

    Phylogeny edit

    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]

    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 edit

    References edit

    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.