Spirochaetales

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The Spirochaetales are an order of spirochete bacteria. Some species within this order are known to causes syphilis, Lyme disease, relapsing fever, and other illnesses.[3]

Order:Spirochaetales
Buchanan 1917[1] (Approved Lists 1980)[2]
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Spirochaetales
A microscopic photograph of fluorescent-stained Spirochaeta americana
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Spirochaetota
Class: Spirochaetia
Order: Spirochaetales
Buchanan 1917[1] (Approved Lists 1980)[2]
Families

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Synonyms
  • Borreliales Chuvochina et al. 2024
  • Sphaerochaetales Chuvochina et al. 2024
  • Treponematales Chuvochina et al. 2024
  • Winmispirales Podosokorskaya et al. 2025
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Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) [4] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).[5]

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024[6][7][8] 120 marker proteins based GTDB 10-RS226[9][10][11]
Spirochaetales

Sphaerochaetaceae

Rectinemataceae

Breznakiellaceae

Treponemataceae

Marispirochaetaceae

Sediminispirochaetaceae

Spirochaeta thermophila

Salinispiraceae

Spirochaetaceae

Alkalispirochaetaceae

Spirochaeta aurantia

"Thiospirochaetaceae"

"Entomospiraceae"

Borreliaceae

Borreliales

Borreliaceae

"SP2023"

"Ca. Haliotispira" {"SP-2023"}

"Entomospirales"

"Entomospiraceae"

Spirochaetales_E

"Thiospirochaetaceae"

Spirochaeta_F {DSM-2461}

Oceanispirochaeta Spirochaetaceae_B

DSM17781

Spirochaeta cellobiosiphila {DSM-17781}

Winmispirales

Winmispiraceae

"Salinispirales"

Alkalispirochaetaceae

Spirochaeta africana {DSM-8902}

Salinispiraceae

"Sediminispirochaetales"

Sediminispirochaetaceae

UBA9216

"Ca. Thalassospirochaeta" {UBA9216}

"Marispirochaetales"

Marispirochaetaceae

Sphaerochaetales

Sphaerochaetaceae

Treponematales

Rectinemataceae

Breznakiellaceae

Treponemataceae

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References

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