Treponemataceae

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
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Spirochaetota
Class: Spirochaetia
Order: Spirochaetales
Family: Treponemataceae
Robinson 1948[1] (Approved Lists 1980)[2]
Genera
  • Rectinema Koelschbach et al. 2017[3]
  • Treponema Schaudinn 1905 (Approved Lists 1980)

References
  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. "Family: Treponemataceae". lpsn.dsmz.de. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
  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.


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