Treponema isoptericolens is a spirochaete from the hindgut of the termite ''
Incisitermes tabogae''.
Its cells are
motile
Motility is the ability of an organism to move independently using metabolic energy. This biological concept encompasses movement at various levels, from whole organisms to cells and subcellular components.
Motility is observed in animals, mi ...
, helical in shape, 0.4–0.5
μm
The micrometre (Commonwealth English as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures; SI symbol: μm) or micrometer (American English), also commonly known by the non-SI term micron, is a unit of length in the International System ...
in diameter and generally 12–20 μm long; it is obligately anaerobic, with type strain SPIT5
T (=DSM 18056
T =JCM 13955
T).
References
Further reading
*Maier, Raina M., Ian L. Pepper, and Charles P. Gerba, eds. Environmental microbiology. Vol. 397. Academic press, 2009.
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External links
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LPSNType strain of ''Treponema isoptericolens'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
isoptericolens
Bacteria described in 2008
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