Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.7859

Name

Treponema amylovorum Wyss et al. 1997

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 700288^T (=HA2P)

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 amylovorum Wyss et al. 1997

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 amylovorum Wyss et al. 1997. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.7859.

Source File

10.1601/tx.7859.xml

References

Wyss C, Choi BK, Schüpbach P, Guggenheim B, Göbel UB. Treponema amylovorum sp. nov., a saccharolytic spirochete of medium size isolated from an advanced human periodontal lesion. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:842-845. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-47-3-842 [PubMed].