Spirochaeta
Spirochaeta is a genus of bacteria classified within the phylum Spirochaetes.Phylogeny
The phylogeny is based on 16S rRNA-based LTP release 123 by 'The All-Species Living Tree' Project.Taxonomy
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature and National Center for Biotechnology Information.
- 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 Canale-Parola 1980
- *?S. a. aurantia Canale-Parola 1980 emend. Canale-Parola 1984
- *?S. a. stricta Canale-Parola 1984
- Spirochaeta bajacaliforniensis Fracek and Stolz 2004
- Spirochaeta cellobiosiphila Breznak and Warnecke 2008
- Spirochaeta dissipatitropha Pikuta et al. 2009
- Spirochaeta halophila Greenberg and Canale-Parola 1977
- Spirochaeta isovalerica Harwood and Canale-Parola 1983
- Spirochaeta litoralis Canale-Parola 1980
- Spirochaeta perfilievii Dubinina et al. 2011
- Spirochaeta plicatilis ♦ Ehrenberg 1835
- Spirochaeta psychrophila Miyazaki et al. 2014
- Spirochaeta smaragdinae Magot et al. 1998
- Spirochaeta sphaeroplastigenens Vishnuvardhan Reddy et al. 2013
- Spirochaeta taiwanensis ♠ Chi-Yu & Cai-Ji 2004
- Spirochaeta thermophila Aksenova et al. 1992
- Spirochaeta xylanolyticus ♠ Yeh & Huang 2004
Notes:
♦ Type strain lost or not available
♠ Strains found at the National Center for Biotechnology Information but not listed in the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
