The Treponemataceae are a family of spirochete bacteria.[4] The clade includes a number of significant pathogens, such as Treponema pallidum, the cause of human syphilis.[5][6]

Treponemataceae
Histopathology of Treponema pallidum spirochetes using a modified Steiner silver stain
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Spirochaetota
Class: Spirochaetia
Order: Spirochaetales
Family: Treponemataceae
Robinson 1948[1] (Approved Lists 1980)[2]
Genera
Synonyms
  • Treponemidae Castellani & Chalmers 1919

Phylogeny

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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).[7]

16S rRNA based LTP_08_2023[8][9][10] 120 single copy marker proteins based GTDB 08-RS214[11][12][13]
Rectinemataceae

Rectinema Koelschbach et al. 2017

Treponemataceae

Gracilinema Brune et al. 2022

Zuelzera Brune et al. 2022

Breznakiella Song et al. 2022

Helmutkoenigia Brune et al. 2022

Leadbettera Brune et al. 2022

Treponema primitia

Brucepastera Song et al. 2023

Teretinema Song et al. 2023

Treponema Schaudinn 1905

Treponema species-group 2

"Treponematales"
Rectinemataceae

Rectinema

Breznakiellaceae
Treponemataceae

"Ca. Gallitreponema" Gilroy et al. 2021

Treponema species-group 2

"Ca. Avitreponema" Gilroy et al. 2021

Brucepastera

Treponema


See also

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References

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  1. ^ Robinson GH. (1948). "Family II. Treponemataceae Schaudinn". In Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP. (eds.). Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology (6th ed.). Baltimore, MD: The Williams and Wilkins Co. pp. 1051–1058.
  2. ^ Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. (1980). "Approved lists of bacterial names". Int J Syst Bacteriol. 30: 225–420. doi:10.1099/00207713-30-1-225.
  3. ^ Koelschbach, Janina S.; Mouttaki, Housna; Pickl, Carolin; Heipieper, Hermann J.; Rachel, Reinhard; Lawson, Paul A.; Meckenstock, Rainer U. (2017). "Rectinema cohabitans gen. nov., sp. nov., a rod-shaped spirochaete isolated from an anaerobic naphthalene-degrading enrichment culture". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 67 (5): 1288–1295. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.001799. PMID 28100313.
  4. ^ a b Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Treponemataceae". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved June 23, 2021.
  5. ^ "Medical Definition of TREPONEMATACEAE". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
  6. ^ "Treponema - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics". www.sciencedirect.com. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
  7. ^ Sayers; et al. "Treponemataceae". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
  8. ^ "The LTP". Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  9. ^ "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  10. ^ "LTP_08_2023 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  11. ^ "GTDB release 08-RS214". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  12. ^ "bac120_r214.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  13. ^ "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.