Spirochaetaceae

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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]

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Spirochaetaceae
A microscopic photograph of fluorescent-stained Spirochaeta americana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Spirochaetota
Class: Spirochaetia
Order: Spirochaetales
Family: Spirochaetaceae
Swellengrebel 1907 (Approved Lists 1980)
Genera
Synonyms
  • "Microspirochaetaceae" Gieszezykiewiez 1939
  • "Pillotinaceae" Margulis and Hinkle 1992
  • "Spirochaetidae" Enderlein 1917
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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]

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024[4][5][6] 120 marker proteins based GTDB 10-RS226[7][8][9]

Winmispira thermophila (Aksenova et al. 1992) Podosokorskaya et al. 2025

Salinispiraceae

Spirochaeta lutea Shivani et al. 2015

Salinispira

Spirochaetaceae

Spirochaeta Ehrenberg 1835

Alkalispirochaetaceae

Spirochaeta halophila Greenberg & Canale-Parola 1977

Alkalispirochaeta

Spirochaeta aurantia Vinzent 1926 ex Canale-Parola 1980

"Thiospirochaetaceae"

Spirochaeta cellobiosiphila Breznak & Warnecke 2008

Oceanispirochaeta

Thiospirochaeta

Spirochaeta

Spirochaeta isovalerica Harwood & Canale-Parola 1983

Spirochaeta psychrophila Miyazaki et al. 2014

speciesgroup 2

"Entomospiraceae"

Borreliaceae

SP2023

SP-2023

"Ca. Haliotispira"

"Entomospirales"

"Entomospiraceae"

Spirochaetales_E
"Thiospirochaetaceae"

Thiospirochaeta

DSM‑2461

Spirochaeta isovalerica

Spirochaetaceae_B

Oceanispirochaeta

DSM17781
DSM17781

Spirochaeta cellobiosiphila

Winmispirales
Winmispiraceae

Winmispira thermophila

"Salinispirales"
Alkalispirochaetaceae

Alkalispirochaeta

DSM8902

Spirochaeta africana

Salinispiraceae

Spirochaeta lutea

Salinispira

"Sediminispirochaetales"

"Ca. Thalassospirochaeta" {UBA9216: UBA9216}

"Marispirochaetales"

Sphaerochaetales

Treponematales

See also

References

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