Spirochaetaceae

Spirochaetaceae
	Histopathology of Treponema pallidum spirochetes using a modified Steiner silver stain.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Spirochaetes
Order:	Spirochaetales
Family:	Spirochaetaceae
Genera
	Borrelia ; ; Cristispira ; Spirochaeta ; Spironema ; Treponema ; ;

The Spirochaetaceae are a family of spirochete bacteria. Some species within this family are known to causes syphilis, Lyme disease, relapsing fever, and other illnesses.^[2]

References[]

^ Koelschbach, Janina S.; Mouttaki, Housna; Pickl, Carolin; Heipieper, Hermann J.; Rachel, Reinhard; Lawson, Paul A.; Meckenstock, Rainer U. (2017). "Rectinema cohabitans gen. nov., sp. nov., a rod-shaped spirochaete isolated from an anaerobic naphthalene-degrading enrichment culture". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 67 (5): 1288–1295. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.001799. PMID 28100313.
^ Karami, Ali; Sarshar, Meysam; Ranjbar, Reza; Zanjani, Rahim Sorouri (19 October 2014). The Phylum Spirochaetaceae. The Prokaryotes. pp. 915–929. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-38954-2_156. ISBN 978-3-642-38953-5.

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