''Spirochaeta'' is a genus of
bacteria
Bacteria (; : bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one Cell (biology), biological cell. They constitute a large domain (biology), domain of Prokaryote, prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micr ...
classified within the phylum
Spirochaetota.
Phylogeny
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the
List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
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(LPSN)
and
National Center for Biotechnology Information
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(NCBI).
Species incertae sedis:
* ''Spirochaeta plicatilis''
Ehrenberg 1835 (type sp.)
* "''Spirochaeta taiwanensis''"
Chi-Yu & Cai-Ji 2004
* ''Spirochaeta xylanolyticus''
Yeh & Huang 2004
See also
*
List of bacteria genera
This article lists the genera of the bacteria
Bacteria (; : bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one Cell (biology), biological cell. They constitute a large domain (biology), domain of Prokaryote, ...
*
List of bacterial orders
This article lists the orders of the Bacteria. 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 16 ...
References
Spirochaetes
Gram-negative bacteria
Bacteria genera
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