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Spirochaetaceae

{{Short description|Family of bacteria}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Spirochaetaceae

| authority = Swellengrebel 1907 (Approved Lists 1980)

| image = Spirochaeta americana.png

| image_caption = A microscopic photograph of fluorescent-stained Spirochaeta americana

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

| subdivision =

| 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.{{cite book |last1=Karami |first1=Ali |last2=Sarshar |first2=Meysam |last3=Ranjbar |first3=Reza |last4=Zanjani |first4=Rahim Sorouri |title=The Prokaryotes |chapter=The Phylum Spirochaetaceae |date=19 October 2014|pages=915–929 |doi=10.1007/978-3-642-38954-2_156 |isbn=978-3-642-38953-5 }}

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) {{cite web |author = J.P. Euzéby | url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/family/Spirochaetaceae |title=Spirochaetaceae | access-date=2022-07-20 |publisher=List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)}} and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).{{cite web |author = Sayers|display-authors = et al.| url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Tree&id=137&lvl=6&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock |title=Spirochaetaceae |access-date=2022-07-20 |publisher=National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database}}

{{see also|Bacterial taxonomy}}

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colspan=1 | 16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024{{cite web|title=The LTP |url=https://imedea.uib-csic.es/mmg/ltp/#LTP| access-date=10 December 2024}}{{cite web|title=LTP_all tree in newick format| url=https://imedea.uib-csic.es/mmg/ltp/wp-content/uploads/ltp/LTP_all_10_2024.ntree |access-date=10 December 2024}}{{cite web|title=LTP_10_2024 Release Notes| url=https://imedea.uib-csic.es/mmg/ltp/wp-content/uploads/ltp/LTP_10_2024_release_notes.pdf |access-date=10 December 2024}}

! colspan=1 | 120 marker proteins based GTDB 09-RS220{{cite web |title=GTDB release 09-RS220 |url=https://gtdb.ecogenomic.org/about#4%7C |website=Genome Taxonomy Database|access-date=10 May 2024}}{{cite web |title=bac120_r220.sp_labels |url=https://data.gtdb.ecogenomic.org/releases/release220/220.0/auxillary_files/bac120_r220.sp_labels.tree |website=Genome Taxonomy Database|access-date=10 May 2024}}{{cite web |title=Taxon History |url=https://gtdb.ecogenomic.org/taxon_history/ |website=Genome Taxonomy Database|access-date=10 May 2024}}

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|1={{clade

|1=Spirochaeta thermophila Aksenova et al. 1992

|2={{clade

|1={{clade

|1={{clade

|label1=Salinispiraceae

|1={{clade

|1=Spirochaeta lutea Shivani et al. 2015

|2=Salinispira

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|label2=Spirochaetaceae

|2=Spirochaeta Ehrenberg 1835

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|2={{clade

|label1=Alkalispirochaetaceae

|1={{clade

|1=Spirochaeta halophila Greenberg & Canale-Parola 1977

|2=Alkalispirochaeta

}}

}}

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|2={{clade

|1=Spirochaeta aurantia Vinzent 1926 ex Canale-Parola 1980

|2={{clade

|1={{clade

|label1="Thiospirochaetaceae"

|1={{clade

|1=Spirochaeta cellobiosiphila Breznak & Warnecke 2008

|2={{clade

|1=Oceanispirochaeta

|2={{clade

|1=Thiospirochaeta

|2={{clade

|label1=Spirochaeta

|sublabel1=species-group 2

|1={{clade

|1=Spirochaeta isovalerica Harwood & Canale-Parola 1983

|2=Spirochaeta psychrophila Miyazaki et al. 2014

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|2={{clade

|1="Entomospiraceae"

|2=Borreliaceae

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|1={{Clade

|1={{clade

|label1="Borreliales"

|1=Borreliaceae

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|2={{clade

|1={{clade

|label1="Entomospirales"

|1="Entomospiraceae"

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|2={{clade

|1={{clade

|label1=DSM-17781

|1={{clade

|label1=DSM-17781

|1=Spirochaeta cellobiosiphila

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|label2=Spirochaetales_E

|2={{clade

|1={{clade

|label1=DSM‑2461

|1=Spirochaeta isovalerica

|label2="Thiospirochaetaceae"

|2=Thiospirochaeta

}}

|2={{clade

|label1=Spirochaetaceae_B

|1=Oceanispirochaeta

}}

}}

}}

|2={{clade

|1={{clade

|1={{clade

|label1=Spirochaetales_A

|1={{clade

|label1=Spirochaetaceae_A

|1=Spirochaeta thermophila

}}

|label2="Salinispirales"

|2={{clade

|1={{clade

|label1=Salinispiraceae

|1={{clade

|1=Spirochaeta lutea

|2=Salinispira

}}

}}

|2={{clade

|label1=DSM-8902

|1=Spirochaeta africana

|label2=Alkalispirochaetaceae

|2=Alkalispirochaeta

}}

}}

}}

|2={{clade

|1="Marispirochaetales"

|2={{clade

|1="Sediminispirochaetales"

|2=Sphaerochaetales

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|2=Treponematales

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See also

References

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