Treponema primitia

Treponema primitia
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Spirochaetes
Class: Spirochaetes
Order: Spirochaetales
Family: Spirochaetaceae
Genus: Treponema
Species: T. primitia
Binomial name
Treponema primitia
Graber et al. 2004

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

References

  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. doi:10.1128/AEM.70.3.1315-1320.2004. ISSN 0099-2240.

Further reading

  • 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.
  • Graber, J. R.; Breznak, J. A. (2004). "Physiology and Nutrition of Treponema primitia, an H2/ CO2-Acetogenic Spirochete from Termite Hindguts". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 70 (3): 1307–1314. doi:10.1128/AEM.70.3.1307-1314.2004. ISSN 0099-2240. PMC 368360.
  • Murphy, Gavin E.; Leadbetter, Jared R.; Jensen, Grant J. (2006). "In situ structure of the complete Treponema primitia flagellar motor". Nature. 442 (7106): 1062–1064. doi:10.1038/nature05015. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 16885937.
  • Murphy, Gavin E.; Matson, Eric G.; Leadbetter, Jared R.; Berg, Howard C.; Jensen, Grant J. (2008). "Novel ultrastructures of Treponema primitia and their implications for motility". Molecular Microbiology. 67 (6): 1184–1195. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06120.x. ISSN 0950-382X. PMC 3082362. PMID 18248579.


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