Treponema primitia
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Classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Spirochaetes
Class: Spirochaetia
Order: Spirochaetales
Family: Spirochaetaceae
Genus: Treponema
Species: Treponema primitia
Description and Significance
Genomic Information
The genome of T. primitia has 3523 protein encoding genes across a genome of 4.1 megabase pairs. (1)
Related Species
Metabolism
Primitia
Energy
Nitrogen
Carbon
References
(1) Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes. Treponema primitia. LINK: http://www.kegg.jp/kegg-bin/show_organism?org=T01507
(2) Leadbetter, J., Schmidt, T., Graber, J., Breznak, J. "Acetogenesis from H-2 plus CO2 by spirochetes from termite guts." Science , 1999, DOI:10.1126/science.283.5402.686
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