Treponema primitia is a bacterium, the first termite gut spirochete to be isolated, together with Treponema azotonutricium.[1]
| Treponema primitia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Spirochaetota |
| Class: | Spirochaetia |
| Order: | Spirochaetales |
| Family: | Treponemataceae |
| Genus: | Treponema |
| Species: | T. primitia
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| Binomial name | |
| Treponema primitia Graber et al. 2004
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References
edit- ^ 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. PMC 368361. PMID 15006748.
Further reading
edit- 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. PMID 15006747.
- Murphy, Gavin E.; Leadbetter, Jared R.; Jensen, Grant J. (2006). "In situ structure of the complete Treponema primitia flagellar motor" (PDF). Nature. 442 (7106): 1062–1064. doi:10.1038/nature05015. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 16885937. S2CID 24945440.
- 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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