Treponema azotonutricium is a bacterium, the first termite gut
spirochete
A spirochaete () or spirochete is a member of the phylum Spirochaetota (), (synonym Spirochaetes) which contains distinctive diderm (double-membrane) gram-negative bacteria, most of which have long, helically coiled (corkscrew-shaped or s ...
to be isolated, together with ''
Treponema primitia
Treponema primitia is a bacterium, the first termite gut spirochete to be isolated, together with ''Treponema azotonutricium
Treponema azotonutricium is a bacterium, the first termite gut spirochete to be isolated, together with ''Treponema pr ...
''.
References
Further reading
*Maier, Raina M., Ian L. Pepper, and Charles P. Gerba, eds. Environmental microbiology. Vol. 397. Academic press, 2009.
*Berlanga, Mercedes. "Pathogenic Treponema. Molecular and cellular biology."International Microbiology 10.1 (2010): 72.
External links
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LPSNType strain of ''Treponema azotonutricium'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
azotonutricium
Bacteria described in 2004
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