Spirochaeta

Spirochaeta
	A microscopic photograph of fluorescent-stained Spirochaeta americana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Spirochaetota
Class:	Spirochaetia
Order:	Spirochaetales
Family:	Spirochaetaceae
Genus:	Spirochaeta; Ehrenberg 1835 non Turczaninow 1851
Type species
	Spirochaeta plicatilis; Ehrenberg 1835
Species
	See text
Synonyms
	"Ehrenbergia" Gieszczykiewiez 1939 non Martius 1827 non Sprengel 1820;

Spirochaeta is a genus of bacteria classified within the phylum Spirochaetota.^[1]^[2]

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) ^[1] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).^[2]

16S rRNA based LTP_08_2023^[3]^[4]^[5]

120 single copy marker proteins based GTDB 08-RS214^[6]^[7]^[8]

	Rectinemataceae

	Treponemataceae

Spirochaeta thermophila Aksenova et al. 1992

Sediminispirochaeta

	Marispirochaeta

	Sphaerochaetaceae

Spirochaetaceae

	Spirochaeta lutea Shivani et al. 2015

	Salinispira

Spirochaeta

S. africana Zhilina et al. 1996

	S. asiatica Zhilina et al. 1996

	S. dissipatitropha Pikuta et al. 2009

	Spirochaeta halophila Greenberg & Canale-Parola 1977

	Alkalispirochaeta

Spirochaetaceae 2

Spirochaeta

	Spirochaeta isovalerica Harwood & Canale-Parola 1983

	Spirochaeta psychrophila Miyazaki et al. 2014

species‑group 2

Oceanispirochaeta

	Spirochaeta cellobiosiphila Breznak & Warnecke 2008

	Thiospirochaeta

	Spirochaeta aurantia Vinzent 1926 ex Canale-Parola 1980

	Borreliaceae

"Borreliales"	Borreliaceae

"Entomospirales"	"Entomospiraceae"

DSM‑17781

DSM‑17781	Spirochaeta cellobiosiphila

Spirochaetales_E

DSM‑19205

Thiospirochaeta

Spirochaetaceae_B

	Spirochaeta isovalerica

	Oceanispirochaeta

"Sphaerochaetales"	Sphaerochaetaceae

"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

Species incertae sedis:

Spirochaeta plicatilis Ehrenberg 1835 (type sp.)
"Spirochaeta taiwanensis" Chi-Yu & Cai-Ji 2004
Spirochaeta xylanolyticus Yeh & Huang 2004

References

^ ^a ^b J.P. Euzéby. "Spirochaeta". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2023-07-20.
^ ^a ^b Sayers; et al. "Spirochaeta". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
^ "The LTP". Retrieved 20 November 2023.
^ "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 20 November 2023.
^ "LTP_08_2023 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 20 November 2023.
^ "GTDB release 08-RS214". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
^ "bac120_r214.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
^ "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.

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[LPSN-1] J.P. Euzéby. "Spirochaeta". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2023-07-20.

[NCBI-2] Sayers; et al. "Spirochaeta". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2023-07-20.

[LTP-3] "The LTP". Retrieved 20 November 2023.

[4] "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 20 November 2023.

[5] "LTP_08_2023 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 20 November 2023.

[about-6] "GTDB release 08-RS214". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.

[tree-7] "bac120_r214.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.

[taxon_history-8] "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.

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