Spirochaetes

From Palaeos

<==Spirochaetes [Endoflagellata, Spirochaetae, Spirochaetales]
   |--Leptospiraceae [Leptospirae]
   |    |--Leptonema illini
   |    `--Leptospira
   |         |--L. interrogans
   |         `--L. wolbachii
   `--Spirochaetaceae [Euspirochaetae]
        |  i. s.: Cristispira
        |         Brachyspira
        |--Serpula hyodysenteriae
        `--+--Spirochaeta
           |    |--S. aurantiaca
           |    |--S. litoralis
           |    |--S. stenostrepta
           |    `--S. zulzerae
           |--Borrelia
           |    |--B. afzelii
           |    |--B. burgdorferi
           |    |--B. duttonii
           |    |--B. garinii
           |    |--B. lusitaniae
           |    `--B. valaisiana
           `--Treponema
                |--T. denticola
                |--T. maltophilum
                |--T. oralis
                |--T. pallidum
                |--T. saccharophilum
                `--T. zuelzerae

Pre-1985 taxa: Borrelia recurrentis
               Treponema caroteum
               Treponema pertenue

* Type species of generic name indicated

References

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Gray, J. S., & O. Kahl. 2001. Ticks as vectors of zoonotic pathogens in Europe. In Acarology: Proceedings of the 10th International Congress (R. B. Halliday, D. E. Walter, H. C. Proctor, R. A. Norton & M. J. Colloff, eds.) pp. 547-551. CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne.

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Wenzel, M., R. Radek, G. Brugerolle & H. König. 2003. Identification of the ectosymbiotic bacteria of Mixotricha paradoxa involved in movement symbiosis. European Journal of Protistology 39 (1): 11-23.

Credits

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