Treponema vincentii
Appearance
Treponema vincentii | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Spirochaetota |
Class: | Spirochaetia |
Order: | Spirochaetales |
Family: | Treponemataceae |
Genus: | Treponema |
Species: | T. vincentii
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Binomial name | |
Treponema vincentii (ex Brumpt 1922) Smibert 1984
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Treponema vincentii is a species of Treponema.[1] It is implicated as a pathogen in chronic periodontitis which can induce bone loss. This motile bacillus is a spirochaete.
It was previously known as Borrelia vincentii (Blanchard, 1906).[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Treponema vincentii". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). Retrieved 20 June 2021.
- ^ "First Draft Approved Lists of Bacterial Names". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 26 (4). Microbiology Society: 597. 1976. doi:10.1099/00207713-26-4-563.