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Treponema primitia

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Treponema primitia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Spirochaetota
Class: Spirochaetia
Order: Spirochaetales
Family: Treponemataceae
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

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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. doi:10.1128/AEM.70.3.1315-1320.2004. ISSN 0099-2240. PMC 368361. PMID 15006748.

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