Spirochaeta

Spirochaeta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Spirochaetes
Class:	Spirochaetes Cavalier-Smith 2002
Order:	Spirochaetales Buchanan 1917
Family:	Spirochaetaceae Swellengrebel 1907
Genus:	Spirochaeta Ehrenberg 1835 emend. Pikuta et al. 2009
Species
Spirochaeta africana Zhilina et al. 1996 Spirochaeta alkalica Zhilina et al. 1996 Spirochaeta americana Hoover et al. 2003 Spirochaeta asiatica Zhilina et al. 1996 Spirochaeta aurantia (ex Vinzent 1926) Canale-Parola 1980 Spirochaeta bajacaliforniensis Fracek and Stolz 2004 Spirochaeta caldaria Pohlschroeder et al. 1995 Spirochaeta cellobiosiphila Breznak and Warnecke 2008 Spirochaeta coccoides Dröge et al. 2006 Spirochaeta dissipatitropha Pikuta et al. 2009 Spirochaeta halophila Greenberg and Canale-Parola 1977 Spirochaeta isovalerica Harwood and Canale-Parola 1983 Spirochaeta litoralis (ex Hespell and Canale-Parola 1970) Canale-Parola 1980 Spirochaeta perfilievii Dubinina et al. 2011 Spirochaeta plicatilis ♦ Ehrenberg 1835 Spirochaeta smaragdinae Magot et al. 1998 Spirochaeta stenostrepta Zuelzer 1912 Spirochaeta taiwanensis ♠ Chi-Yu & Cai-Ji 2004 Spirochaeta thermophila Aksenova et al. 1992 Spirochaeta xylanolyticus ♠ Yeh & Huang 2004 Spirochaeta zuelzerae (ex Veldkamp 1960) Canale-Parola 1980

Spirochaeta is a genus of bacteria classified within the phylum Spirochaetes.

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) and the phylogeny is based on 16S rRNA-based LTP release 106 by The All-Species Living Tree Project

S. aurantia ?S. a. aurantia (Canale-Parola 1980) Canale-Parola 1984 ?S. a. stricta Canale-Parola 1984 ?S. isovalerica Harwood and Canale-Parola 1983 ?S. litoralis (ex Hespell and Canale-Parola 1970) Canale-Parola 1980 ?S. plicatilis ♦ Ehrenberg 1835 ?S. stenostrepta Zuelzer 1912 ?S. taiwanensis ♠ Chi-Yu & Cai-Ji 2004 ?S. thermophila Aksenova et al. 1992 ?S. xylanolyticus ♠ Yeh & Huang 2004 ?S. zuelzerae (ex Veldkamp 1960) Canale-Parola 1980 S. halophila Greenberg and Canale-Parola 1977 S. alkalica Zhilina et al. 1996 S. americana Hoover et al. 2003 S. africana Zhilina et al. 1996 S. asiatica Zhilina et al. 1996 S. dissipatitropha Pikuta et al. 2009 S. coccoides Dröge et al. 2006 S. bajacaliforniensis Fracek and Stolz 2004 S. smaragdinae Magot et al. 1998 S. cellobiosiphila Breznak and Warnecke 2008 S. perfilievii Dubinina et al. 2011 Borrelia Swellengrebel 1907

Notes:
♦ Type strain lost or not available
♠ Strains found at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) but not listed in the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LSPN)