Treponema azotonutricium

Treponema azotonutricium is a bacterium, the first termite gut spirochete to be isolated, together with Treponema primitia.[1]

Treponema azotonutricium
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Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Spirochaetota
Class: Spirochaetia
Order: Spirochaetales
Family: Treponemataceae
Genus: Treponema
Species:
T. azotonutricium
Binomial name
Treponema azotonutricium
Graber et al. 2004

References

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  1. ^ Graber, J. R.; Leadbetter, J. R.; Breznak, J. A. (2004). "Description of Treponema azotonutricium sp. nov. and Treponema primitia sp. nov., the First Spirochetes Isolated from Termite Guts". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 70 (3): 1315–1320. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.424.2473. doi:10.1128/AEM.70.3.1315-1320.2004. ISSN 0099-2240. PMC 368361. PMID 15006748.

Further reading

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  • Maier, Raina M., Ian L. Pepper, and Charles P. Gerba, eds. Environmental microbiology. Vol. 397. Academic press, 2009.
  • Berlanga, Mercedes. "Pathogenic Treponema. Molecular and cellular biology."International Microbiology 10.1 (2010): 72.
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