Spirochaeta

Spirochaeta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Spirochaetes
Class:	Spirochaetes Cavalier-Smith 2002
Order:	Spirochaetales Buchanan 1917
Family:	Spirochaetaceae Swellengrebel 1907
Genus:	Spirochaeta Ehrenberg 1835 emend. Pikuta et al. 2009
Species
Spirochaeta africana Zhilina et al. 1996 Spirochaeta alkalica Zhilina et al. 1996 Spirochaeta americana Hoover et al. 2003 Spirochaeta asiatica Zhilina et al. 1996 Spirochaeta aurantia (ex Vinzent 1926) Canale-Parola 1980 Spirochaeta bajacaliforniensis Fracek and Stolz 2004 Spirochaeta caldaria Pohlschroeder et al. 1995 Spirochaeta cellobiosiphila Breznak and Warnecke 2008 Spirochaeta dissipatitropha Pikuta et al. 2009 Spirochaeta halophila Greenberg and Canale-Parola 1977 Spirochaeta isovalerica Harwood and Canale-Parola 1983 Spirochaeta litoralis (ex Hespell and Canale-Parola 1970) Canale-Parola 1980 Spirochaeta perfilievii Dubinina et al. 2011 Spirochaeta plicatilis ♦ Ehrenberg 1835 Spirochaeta smaragdinae Magot et al. 1998 Spirochaeta stenostrepta Zuelzer 1912 Spirochaeta taiwanensis ♠ Chi-Yu & Cai-Ji 2004 Spirochaeta thermophila Aksenova et al. 1992 Spirochaeta xylanolyticus ♠ Yeh & Huang 2004 Spirochaeta zuelzerae (ex Veldkamp 1960) Canale-Parola 1980

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

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) ^[3] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)^[4] and the phylogeny is based on 16S rRNA-based LTP release 111 by The All-Species Living Tree Project ^[5]

?S. plicatilis ♦ Ehrenberg 1835 (type sp.) ?S. taiwanensis ♠ Chi-Yu & Cai-Ji 2004 ?S. xylanolyticus ♠ Yeh & Huang 2004 S. cellobiosiphila Breznak and Warnecke 2008 S. litoralis (ex Hespell and Canale-Parola 1970) Canale-Parola 1980 S. isovalerica Harwood and Canale-Parola 1983 S. perfilievii Dubinina et al. 2011 S. aurantia ?S. a. aurantia (Canale-Parola 1980) Canale-Parola 1984 ?S. a. stricta Canale-Parola 1984 Borrelia Swellengrebel 1907 S. bajacaliforniensis Fracek and Stolz 2004 S. smaragdinae Magot et al. 1998 S. thermophila Aksenova et al. 1992 Sphaerochaeta S. coccoides (Dröge et al. 2006) Abt et al. 2012 S. globosa Ritalahti et al. 2012 (type sp.) S. pleomorpha Ritalahti et al. 2012 S. halophila Greenberg and Canale-Parola 1977 S. alkalica Zhilina et al. 1996 S. americana Hoover et al. 2003 S. africana Zhilina et al. 1996 S. asiatica Zhilina et al. 1996 S. dissipatitropha Pikuta et al. 2009 Treponema [incl. Spirochaeta caldaria, Spirochaeta stenostrepta and Spirochaeta zuelzerae]

Notes:
♦ Type strain lost or not available
♠ Strains found at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) but not listed in the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LSPN)

References

1. See the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature. Data extracted from J.P. Euzéby. "Spirochaetes". Retrieved 2011-11-17.
2. See the NCBI webpage on Spirochaetes Data extracted from Sayers; et al. "NCBI Taxonomy Browser". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2011-06-05.
3. J.P. Euzéby. "Spirochaeta". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2013-03-20.
4. Sayers; et al. "Spirochaeta". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2013-03-20.
5. All-Species Living Tree Project."16S rRNA-based LTP release 111 (full tree)" (PDF). Silva Comprehensive Ribosomal RNA Database. Retrieved 2013-03-20.