Spirochaetaceae

Spirochaetaceae
	A microscopic photograph of fluorescent-stained Spirochaeta americana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Spirochaetota
Class:	Spirochaetia
Order:	Spirochaetales
Family:	Spirochaetaceae; Swellengrebel 1907 (Approved Lists 1980)
Genera
	"Candidatus Allospironema"; "Canaleparolina"; Clevelandina; Diplocalyx; "Ca. Haliotispira"; Hollandina; "Mobilifilum"; Pillotina; Spirochaeta; "Ca. Thalassospirochaeta";
Synonyms
	"Microspirochaetaceae" Gieszezykiewiez 1939; "Pillotinaceae" Margulis and Hinkle 1992; "Spirochaetidae" Enderlein 1917;

The Spirochaetaceae are a family of spirochete bacteria. Some species within this family are known to causes syphilis, Lyme disease, relapsing fever, and other illnesses.^[1]

Phylogeny

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024^[4]^[5]^[6]

120 marker proteins based GTDB 09-RS220^[7]^[8]^[9]

Salinispiraceae

	Spirochaeta lutea Shivani et al. 2015

	Salinispira

Spirochaetaceae

Spirochaeta Ehrenberg 1835

Alkalispirochaetaceae

	Spirochaeta halophila Greenberg & Canale-Parola 1977

	Alkalispirochaeta

Spirochaeta aurantia Vinzent 1926 ex Canale-Parola 1980

"Thiospirochaetaceae"

Spirochaeta cellobiosiphila Breznak & Warnecke 2008

Spirochaeta

	Spirochaeta isovalerica Harwood & Canale-Parola 1983

	Spirochaeta psychrophila Miyazaki et al. 2014

species‑group 2

"Borreliales"	Borreliaceae

"Entomospirales"	"Entomospiraceae"

DSM‑17781

DSM‑17781	Spirochaeta cellobiosiphila

Spirochaetales_E

Spirochaetaceae_B	Oceanispirochaeta

Spirochaetales_A

Spirochaetaceae_A	Spirochaeta thermophila

"Salinispirales"

Salinispiraceae

"Marispirochaetales"

Treponematales

^ Karami, Ali; Sarshar, Meysam; Ranjbar, Reza; Zanjani, Rahim Sorouri (19 October 2014). "The Phylum Spirochaetaceae". The Prokaryotes. pp. 915–929. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-38954-2_156. ISBN 978-3-642-38953-5.
^ J.P. Euzéby. "Spirochaetaceae". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2022-07-20.
^ Sayers; et al. "Spirochaetaceae". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
^ "The LTP". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
^ "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
^ "LTP_10_2024 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
^ "GTDB release 09-RS220". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
^ "bac120_r220.sp_labels". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
^ "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.

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