Treponema isoptericolens
Treponema isoptericolens is a spirochaete from the hindgut of the termite Incisitermes tabogae.[1] Its cells are motile, helical in shape, 0.4–0.5 μm in diameter and generally 12–20 μm long; it is obligately anaerobic, with type strain SPIT5T (=DSM 18056T =JCM 13955T).
| Treponema isoptericolens | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Spirochaetota |
| Class: | Spirochaetia |
| Order: | Spirochaetales |
| Family: | Treponemataceae |
| Genus: | Treponema |
| Species: | T. isoptericolens |
| Binomial name | |
| Treponema isoptericolens Dröge et al. 2008 | |
References
- Droge, S.; Rachel, R.; Radek, R.; Konig, H. (2008). "Treponema isoptericolens sp. nov., a novel spirochaete from the hindgut of the termite Incisitermes tabogae". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 58 (5): 1079–1083. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.64699-0. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 18450692.
Further reading
- Maier, Raina M., Ian L. Pepper, and Charles P. Gerba, eds. Environmental microbiology. Vol. 397. Academic press, 2009.
- Berlanga, Mercedes (2010). "Pathogenic Treponema. Molecular and cellular biology". International Microbiology. 10 (1): 72.
External links
- "Treponema isoptericolens" at the Encyclopedia of Life
- LPSN
- Type strain of Treponema isoptericolens at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
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