Diplocalyx

{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}}

{{Taxobox

| domain = Bacteria

| phylum = Spirochaetota

| classis = Spirochaetia

| ordo = Spirochaetales

| familia = Spirochaetaceae

| genus = Diplocalyx

| genus_authority = Gharagozlou 1968 ex Bermudes et al. 1988

| type_species = Diplocalyx calotermitidis

| type_species_authority = Gharagozlou 1968 ex Bermudes et al. 1988

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

• D. calotermitidis
• "D. cryptotermitidis"

}}

Diplocalyx is a genus of bacteria of the spirochete phylum.{{cite journal|last=Bermudes|first=D|author2=Chase, D |author3=Margulis, L | author3-link=Lynn Margulis|title=Morphology as a basis for taxonomy of large spirochetes symbiotic in wood-eating cockroaches and termites: Pillotina gen. nov., nom. rev.; Pillotina calotermitidis sp. nov., nom. rev.; Diplocalyx gen. nov., nom. rev.; Diplocalyx calotermitidis sp. nov., nom. rev.; Hollandina gen. nov., nom.[TRUNCATED].|journal=International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology|date=Jul 1988|volume=38|issue=3|pages=291–302|pmid=11542253|doi=10.1099/00207713-38-3-291|doi-access=free}} The genus was originally established in 1968 on the basis of differential morphology when compared to other spirochete species.{{cite book|title=The Prokaryotes|year=1992|publisher=Springer New York|isbn=978-1-4757-2193-5|pages=3965–3978|author=Margulis, Lynn|author-link=Lynn Margulis|author2=Hinkle, Gregory|chapter=Large Symbiotic Spirochetes: Clevelandina, Cristispira, Diplocalyx, Hollandina, and Pillotina}} No species within it has been successfully grown in culture. Up to now there is only on species of this genus known (Diplocalyx calotermitidis).[https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/diplocalyx LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de]