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Treponema isoptericolens

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Domain
  
Bacteria

Class
  
Spirochaetes

Family
  
Spirochaetaceae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Spirochaetes

Order
  
Spirochaetales

Genus
  
Treponema

Treponema isoptericolens is a spirochaete from the hindgut of the termite Incisitermes tabogae. Its cells are motile, helical in shape, 0.4–0.5 μm in diameter and generally 12–20 μm long; it is obligately anaerobic, with type strain SPIT5T (=DSM 18056T =JCM 13955T).

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Treponema isoptericolens Wikipedia