Biology:Treponema vincentii

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Short description: Species of bacterium

Treponema vincentii
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Spirochaetota
Class: Spirochaetia
Order: Spirochaetales
Family: Treponemataceae
Genus: Treponema
Species:
T. vincentii
Binomial name
Treponema vincentii
(ex Brumpt 1922) Smibert 1984

Treponema vincentii is a species of Treponema.[1] It is implicated as a pathogen in chronic periodontitis which can induce bone loss. This motile bacillus is a spirochaete.

It was previously known as Borrelia vincentii (Blanchard, 1906).[2]

References

  1. "Treponema vincentii". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=69710. Retrieved 20 June 2021. 
  2. "First Draft Approved Lists of Bacterial Names". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (Microbiology Society) 26 (4): 597. 1976. doi:10.1099/00207713-26-4-563. 

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