Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.7865

Name

Treponema lecithinolyticum Wyss et al. 1999 emend. Hördt et al. 2020

Taxonomic Rank

species

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
genus	Treponema Schaudinn 1905 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Abt et al. 2013

Type Strain

representative organism

OMZ 684^T (=PFB4G =ATCC 700332)

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this species within the root Universal Root.


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990
phylum Spirochaetota corrig. Garrity and Holt 2021
class Spirochaetia (Cavalier-Smith 2002) Paster 2020
order Spirochaetales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Hördt et al. 2020
family Treponemataceae Robinson 1948 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Hördt et al. 2020
genus Treponema Schaudinn 1905 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Abt et al. 2013
species Treponema lecithinolyticum Wyss et al. 1999 emend. Hördt et al. 2020

The taxonomy from the rank of class and below is based upon currently published taxonomic opinion. For a complete taxonomy, refer to The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7.

Citation

When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.

Taxon Abstract for the species Treponema lecithinolyticum Wyss et al. 1999 emend. Hördt et al. 2020. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.7865.

Source File

10.1601/tx.7865.xml


This information was last reviewed on March 25, 2020.

References

Wyss C, Choi BK, Schüpbach P, Moter A, Guggenheim B, Göbel UB. Treponema lecithinolyticum sp. nov., a small saccharolytic spirochaete with phospholipase A and C activities associated with periodontal diseases. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1329-1339. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-49-4-1329 [PubMed].