Spirochaetaceae

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

The Spirochaetaceae are a family of spirochete bacteria. Some species within this family are known to have been causes for 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]

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

species‑group 2

"Entomospiraceae"

Borreliaceae
SP‑2023

SP-2023

"Ca. Haliotispira"

"Entomospirales"

"Entomospiraceae"

Spirochaetales_E
"Thiospirochaetaceae"

Thiospirochaeta

DSM‑2461

Spirochaeta isovalerica

Spirochaetaceae_B

Oceanispirochaeta

DSM‑17781
DSM‑17781

Spirochaeta cellobiosiphila

Winmispirales
Winmispiraceae

Winmispira thermophila

"Salinispirales"
Alkalispirochaetaceae

Alkalispirochaeta

DSM‑8902

Spirochaeta africana

Salinispiraceae

Spirochaeta lutea

Salinispira

"Sediminispirochaetales"

"Ca. Thalassospirochaeta" {UBA9216: UBA9216}

"Marispirochaetales"

Sphaerochaetales

Treponematales

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. ↑ Spirochaetaceae in LPSN; Freese, H. M.; Meier-Kolthoff, J. P.; Sardà Carbasse, J.; Afolayan, A. O.; Göker, M. (29 October 2025). "TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity". Nucleic Acids Research. 53: D1–D12. doi:10.1093/nar/gkaf1110.
  3. ↑ Schoch CL; et al. "Spirochaetaceae". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-06-05.
  4. ↑ "The LTP". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  5. ↑ "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  6. ↑ "LTP_10_2024 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  7. ↑ "GTDB release 10-RS226". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  8. ↑ "bac120_r226.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  9. ↑ "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
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