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Spirochaeta
Ehrenberg 1835 (Approved Lists 1980)
(prokaryote)
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Entity:
Spirochaetaceae (Family)
..Alkalispirochaeta (Genus)
..Allospironema (Candidatus)
..Bullifex (Genus)
..Canaleparolina (Genus)
..Clevelandina (Genus)
..Diplocalyx (Genus)
..Entomospira (Genus)
..Haliotispira (Candidatus)
..Hollandina (Genus)
..Marispirochaeta (Genus)
..Mobilifilum (Genus)
..Oceanispirochaeta (Genus)
..Pillotina (Genus)
..Rarispira (Genus)
..Salinispira (Genus)
..Sediminispirochaeta (Genus)
..Thalassospirochaeta (Candidatus)
..Thiospirochaeta (Genus)
..Spirochaeta (Genus)
....Spirochaeta africana (Species)
....Spirochaeta alkalica (Species)
....Spirochaeta americana (Species)
....Spirochaeta asiatica (Species)
....Spirochaeta aurantia (Species)
....Spirochaeta bajacaliforniensis (Species)
....Spirochaeta caldaria (Species)
....Spirochaeta cellobiosiphila (Species)
....Spirochaeta coccoides (Species)
....Spirochaeta halophila (Species)
....Spirochaeta isovalerica (Species)
....Spirochaeta litoralis (Species)
....Spirochaeta plicatilis (Species)
....Spirochaeta smaragdinae (Species)
....Spirochaeta stenostrepta (Species)
....Spirochaeta thermophila (Species)
....Spirochaeta zuelzerae (Species)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
Ehrenberg, 1835/1980, nom. approb.
Etymology
Derived name
:
Alkalispirochaeta
(Genus)
Sravanthi
et al.
2016
Ref:
LPSN, 2020-present
: [15 May 2026].
Derived name
:
Marispirochaeta
(Genus)
Shivani
et al.
2017
Ref:
LPSN, 2020-present
: [15 May 2026].
Derived name
:
Oceanispirochaeta
(Genus)
Subhash and Lee 2017
Ref:
LPSN, 2020-present
: [15 May 2026].
Derived name
:
Sediminispirochaeta
(Genus)
Shivani
et al.
2016
Ref:
LPSN, 2020-present
: [15 May 2026].
Derived name
:
Thalassospirochaeta
(Genus)
Pragya
et al.
2024 nom. pro-inval.
Ref:
LPSN, 2020-present
: [15 May 2026].
Derived name
:
Thiospirochaeta
(Genus)
Dubinina
et al.
2020
Ref:
LPSN, 2020-present
: [15 May 2026].
Attributes
Approved name (Approved Lists: nom. approb.) [ICNP, 2019: Rules 24a, 33b]
Ref:
Approved Lists, 1980.
Types
Type of
:
Spirochaetaceae
(Family)
Swellengrebel 1907 (Approved Lists 1980)
Ref:
LPSN, 2020-present
: [15 May 2026].
Type of
:
Spirochaetales
(Order)
Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)
Ref:
LPSN, 2020-present
: [15 May 2026].
Type of
:
Spirochaetia
(Class)
Paster 2020
Ref:
LPSN, 2020-present
: [15 May 2026].
Type of
:
Spirochaetota
(Phylum)
Garrity and Holt 2021
Ref:
LPSN, 2020-present
: [15 May 2026].
Type, by monotypy
:
Spirochaeta plicatilis
Ehrenberg 1835 (Approved Lists 1980)
Variants
Pre-starting point name
:
Spirochaeta
(Genus)
Ehrenberg 1835 nom. inval.
Ref:
LPSN, 2020-present
: [15 May 2026].
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