Cristispira

Cristispira is a genus of bacteria of the spirochete phylum. They are known as large spirochetes. They are characterized by the host species in which they reside.[4] They are known as harmless parasites of freshwater and marine molluscs and gastropods. They have unusually large number of periplasmic flagella.

Cristispira
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Spirochaetota
Class: Spirochaetia
Order: Spirochaetales
Family: Borreliaceae
Genus: Cristispira
Gross 1910
Type species
"Cristispira pectinis"
Gross 1910
Species[1][2]
  • "C. anodontae" Keysselitz 1906
  • "C. balbiani" (Certes 1882) Certes 1882
  • "C. interrogationis" Gross 1910
  • C. pectinis Gross 1910
  • "C. pinnae" Gonder 1908) Gross 1910[3]

Morphology

They are differentiated from other spirochetes by the presence of a crestlike structure called the crista.[4] Their cell bodies are flexible. The cell diameter is 28 to 120 micrometers. They are actively motile.[3]

See also

References
  1. J.P. Euzéby. "Cristispira". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  2. Sayers; et al. "Cristispira". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  3. "Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology". The Williams and Wilkins Company. Retrieved 2013-01-19.
  4. "Scanning Electron Microscopy of Cristispira Species in Chesapeake Bay Oysters" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-01-19.
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