Treponema

Treponema
Treponema pallidum spirochaetes
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Spirochaetota
Class: Spirochaetia
Order: Spirochaetales
Family: Treponemataceae
Genus:
Schaudinn 1905 emend. Abt, Göker & Klenk 2013
Type species
Treponema pallidum
(Schaudinn & Hoffmann 1905) Schaudinn 1905
Species[1]

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Synonyms
  • "Spironema" Vuillemin 1905 non Klebs 1892 non Leger & Hesse 1922 non Rafinesque 1838 non Hochst. 1842 non Lindley 1840 non Meek 1864
  • "Microspironema" Stiles & Pfender 1905

Treponema is a genus of spiral-shaped bacteria. The major treponeme species of human pathogens is Treponema pallidum, whose subspecies are responsible for diseases such as syphilis, bejel, and yaws.

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