Treponemataceae

Treponemataceae
Histopathology of Treponema pallidum spirochetes using a modified Steiner silver stain
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Spirochaetota
Class: Spirochaetia
Order: Spirochaetales
Family:
Robinson 1948[1] (Approved Lists 1980)[2]
Genera
  • "Ca. Avitreponema"
  • Brucepastera
  • "Ca. Gallitreponema"
  • Teretinema
  • Treponema
Synonyms
  • Treponemidae Castellani & Chalmers 1919

The Treponemataceae are a family of spirochete bacteria.[3] The clade includes a number of significant pathogens, such as Treponema pallidum, the cause of human syphilis.[4][5]

  1. ^ Robinson, George H (1948). "Family II. Treponemataceae Schaudinn". In Bergey, D. H.; Breed, Robert S.; Hitchens, Arthur Parker; Murray, Everitt George Dunne (eds.). Bergey's manual of determinative bacteriology. pp. 1058–1071. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.60376. OCLC 1041572704.
  2. ^ Sneath, P. H. A.; McGowan, Vicki; Skerman, V. B. D. (1980). "Approved Lists of Bacterial Names". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 30 (1): 225–420. doi:10.1099/00207713-30-1-225.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference LPSN was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Medical Definition of TREPONEMATACEAE". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
  5. ^ Haake, David A.; Yang, X. Frank (2019). "Spirochetes". Reference Module in Biomedical Sciences. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-801238-3.02303-5. ISBN 978-0-12-801238-3.
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