Treponemataceae

The Treponemataceae are a family of spirochete bacteria.^[3] The clade includes a number of significant pathogens, such as Treponema pallidum, the cause of human syphilis.^[4][5]

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" 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)^[3] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).^[6]

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024[7][8][9]	120 marker proteins based GTDB 09-RS220[10][11][12]
Rectinemataceae Rectinema Koelschbach et al. 2017[13] Breznakiellaceae Gracilinema Brune et al. 2022 Zuelzera Brune et al. 2022 Breznakiella Song et al. 2022 Treponema primitia Helmutkoenigia Brune et al. 2022 Leadbettera Brune et al. 2022 Treponemataceae 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 Brucepastera Teretinema "Ca. Avitreponema" Gilroy et al. 2021 Treponema

See also

• List of bacteria genera
• List of bacterial orders

References

1. Robinson, George H (1948). "Family II. Treponemataceae Schaudinn". In Bergey, D. H.; Breed, Robert S.; Hitchens, Arthur Parker; Murray, Everitt George Dunne (eds.). Bergey's manual of determinative bacteriology. pp. 1058–1071. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.60376. OCLC 1041572704.
2. Sneath, P. H. A.; McGowan, Vicki; Skerman, V. B. D. (1980). "Approved Lists of Bacterial Names". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 30 (1): 225–420. doi:10.1099/00207713-30-1-225.
3. Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Treponemataceae". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved June 23, 2021.
4. "Medical Definition of TREPONEMATACEAE". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
5. Haake, David A.; Yang, X. Frank (2019). "Spirochetes". Reference Module in Biomedical Sciences. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-801238-3.02303-5. ISBN 978-0-12-801238-3.
6. Sayers; et al. "Treponemataceae". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
7. "The LTP". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
8. "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
9. "LTP_10_2024 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
10. "GTDB release 09-RS220". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
11. "bac120_r220.sp_labels". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
12. "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
13. 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.