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
"Ca. Avitreponema" Brucepastera "Ca. Gallitreponema" Rectinema[3] Teretinema Treponema
Synonyms
Treponemidae Castellani & Chalmers 1919

Phylogeny

See also: Bacterial taxonomy

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)^[4] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).^[7]

16S rRNA based LTP_08_2023[8][9][10]	120 single copy marker proteins based GTDB 08-RS214[11][12][13]
Rectinemataceae Rectinema Koelschbach et al. 2017 Treponemataceae Gracilinema Brune et al. 2022 Zuelzera Brune et al. 2022 Breznakiella Song et al. 2022 Helmutkoenigia Brune et al. 2022 Leadbettera Brune et al. 2022 Treponema primitia Brucepastera Song et al. 2023 Teretinema Song et al. 2023 Treponema Schaudinn 1905 Treponema species-group 2	"Treponematales" Rectinemataceae Rectinema Breznakiellaceae Gracilinema Breznakiella Leadbettera Treponema primitia Treponemataceae "Ca. Gallitreponema" Gilroy et al. 2021 Treponema species-group 2 "Ca. Avitreponema" Gilroy et al. 2021 Brucepastera Treponema

See also

• List of bacteria genera
• List of bacterial orders

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. Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Treponemataceae". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved June 23, 2021.
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.
7. Sayers; et al. "Treponemataceae". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
8. "The LTP". Retrieved 20 November 2023.
9. "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 20 November 2023.
10. "LTP_08_2023 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 20 November 2023.
11. "GTDB release 08-RS214". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
12. "bac120_r214.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
13. "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.