Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.8894

Name

Treponema primitia Graber et al. 2004

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

ATCC BAA-887^T (=ZAS-2 =DSM 12427)

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 primitia Graber et al. 2004

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.

Non-Type Exemplars

Digital Object Identifier	Strain Equivalence
10.1601/ex.17422	ZAS-1

Citation

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

Taxon Abstract for the species Treponema primitia Graber et al. 2004. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.8894.

Source File

10.1601/tx.8894.xml


This information was last reviewed on February 21, 2010.

References

Graber JR, Leadbetter JR, Breznak JA. Description of Treponema azotonutricium sp. nov. and Treponema primitia sp. nov., the first spirochetes isolated from termite guts. Appl Environ Microbiol 2004; 70:1315-1320. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.70.3.1315-1320.2004 [PubMed].