''Spirochaeta'' is a genus of

bacteria Bacteria (; singular: bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell. They constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria were am ...

classified within the phylum

Spirochaetota A spirochaete () or spirochete is a member of the phylum Spirochaetota (), (synonym Spirochaetes) which contains distinctive diderm (double-membrane) gram-negative bacteria, most of which have long, helically coiled (corkscrew-shaped or ...

.See the

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. Data extracted from See the NCBIbr>webpage on Spirochaetes
Data extracted from

Phylogeny

Taxonomy

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the

(LPSN) and

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(NCBI). * '' Spirochaeta africana'' Zhilina et al. 1996 * '' Spirochaeta asiatica'' Zhilina et al. 1996 * ''

Spirochaeta aurantia ''Spirochaeta'' is a genus of bacteria classified within the phylum Spirochaetota.See the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature. Data extracted from See the NCBIbr>webpage on SpirochaetesData extracted from Phylogeny Tax ...

'' Vinzent 1926 ex Canale-Parola 1980 * ''

Spirochaeta cellobiosiphila ''Spirochaeta'' is a genus of bacteria classified within the phylum Spirochaetota.See the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature. Data extracted from See the NCBIbr>webpage on SpirochaetesData extracted from Phylogeny Tax ...

'' Breznak & Warnecke 2008 * '' Spirochaeta dissipatitropha'' Pikuta et al. 2009 * ''

Spirochaeta halophila ''Spirochaeta'' is a genus of bacteria classified within the phylum Spirochaetota.See the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature. Data extracted from See the NCBIbr>webpage on SpirochaetesData extracted from Phylogeny Tax ...

'' Greenberg & Canale-Parola 1977 * ''

Spirochaeta isovalerica ''Spirochaeta'' is a genus of bacteria classified within the phylum Spirochaetota.See the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature. Data extracted from See the NCBIbr>webpage on SpirochaetesData extracted from Phylogeny Tax ...

'' Harwood and Canale-Parola 1983 * '' Spirochaeta lutea'' Shivani et al. 2015 * ''

Spirochaeta plicatilis ''Spirochaeta'' is a genus of bacteria classified within the phylum Spirochaetota.See the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature. Data extracted from See the NCBIbr>webpage on SpirochaetesData extracted from Phylogeny Taxono ...

'' ♦ Ehrenberg 1835 (type sp.) * ''

Spirochaeta psychrophila ''Spirochaeta'' is a genus of bacteria classified within the phylum Spirochaetota.See the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature. Data extracted from See the NCBIbr>webpage on SpirochaetesData extracted from Phylogeny Tax ...

'' Miyazaki et al. 2014 * "''

Spirochaeta taiwanensis ''Spirochaeta'' is a genus of bacteria classified within the phylum Spirochaetota.See the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature. Data extracted from See the NCBIbr>webpage on SpirochaetesData extracted from Phylogeny Taxo ...

''" Chi-Yu & Cai-Ji 2004 * ''

Spirochaeta thermophila ''Spirochaeta thermophila'' is a fairly recently discovered free-living, anaerobic, spirochaete that seems to be the most thermophilic of the Spirochaetales order. The type species was discovered in 1992 in Kuril islands, Russia and described in ...

'' Aksenova et al. 1992 * ''

Spirochaeta xylanolyticus ''Spirochaeta'' is a genus of bacteria classified within the phylum Spirochaetota.See the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature. Data extracted from See the NCBIbr>webpage on SpirochaetesData extracted from Phylogeny Taxo ...

'' Yeh & Huang 2004 Notes:
♦ Type strain lost or not available

References

Spirochaetes Gram-negative bacteria Bacteria genera {{Spirochaetae-stub