Spirillum minus

Spirillum minus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Proteobacteria
Class:	Betaproteobacteria
Order:	Nitrosomonadales
Family:	Spirillaceae
Genus:	Spirillum
Species
Spirillum minus

Spirillum minus is a species of Spirillum.

Spirillum minus is associated with rat-bite fever.^[1]^[2]^[3]

It is the causative agent of sodoku.

References

↑ "Spirillum" at Dorland's Medical Dictionary
↑ Gaastra W, Boot R, Ho HT, Lipman LJ (October 2008). "Rat bite fever". Vet. Microbiol. 133 (3): 211–28. doi:10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.09.079. PMID 19008054.
↑ Dendle C, Woolley IJ, Korman TM (December 2006). "Rat-bite fever septic arthritis: illustrative case and literature review". Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 25 (12): 791–7. doi:10.1007/s10096-006-0224-x. PMID 17096137.

Infectious diseases
Bacterial diseases: BV4 non-proteobacterial G- (primarily A00–A79, 001–041, 080–109)

Spirochaete

Spirochaetaceae

Treponema	Treponema pallidum Syphilis/bejel Yaws Treponema carateum (Pinta) Treponema denticola

Borrelia	Borrelia burgdorferi/Borrelia afzelii Lyme disease Erythema chronicum migrans Neuroborreliosis Borrelia recurrentis (Louse borne relapsing fever) Borrelia hermsii/Borrelia duttoni/Borrelia parkeri (Tick borne relapsing fever)

Leptospiraceae

Leptospira	Leptospira interrogans (Leptospirosis)

Spirillaceae

Spirillum	Spirillum minus (Rat-bite fever/Sodoku)

Chlamydiaceae

Chlamydophila	Chlamydophila psittaci (Psittacosis) Chlamydophila pneumoniae

Chlamydia	Chlamydia trachomatis Chlamydia Lymphogranuloma venereum Trachoma

Bacteroidetes

Fusobacteria

Streptobacillus moniliformis (Rat-bite fever/Haverhill fever)

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