Biology:Treponema isoptericolens

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Short description: Species of bacterium

Treponema isoptericolens
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Spirochaetota
Class: Spirochaetia
Order: Spirochaetales
Family: Treponemataceae
Genus: Treponema
Species:
T. isoptericolens
Binomial name
Treponema isoptericolens
Dröge et al. 2008

Treponema isoptericolens is a spirochaete from the hindgut of the termite Incisitermes tabogae.[1] Its cells are motile, helical in shape, 0.4–0.5 μm in diameter and generally 12–20 μm long; it is obligately anaerobic, with type strain SPIT5T (=DSM 18056T =JCM 13955T).

References

  1. Droge, S.; Rachel, R.; Radek, R.; Konig, H. (2008). "Treponema isoptericolens sp. nov., a novel spirochaete from the hindgut of the termite Incisitermes tabogae". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 58 (5): 1079–1083. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.64699-0. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 18450692. 

Further reading

  • Maier, Raina M., Ian L. Pepper, and Charles P. Gerba, eds. Environmental microbiology. Vol. 397. Academic press, 2009.
  • Berlanga, Mercedes (2010). "Pathogenic Treponema. Molecular and cellular biology". International Microbiology 10 (1): 72. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q16993193 entry