Article
Treponema isoptericolens sp. nov., a novel spirochaete from the hindgut of the termite Incisitermes tabogae.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 May 2008
Dröge Stefan, Rachel Reinhard, Radek Renate, König Helmut
Abstract excerpt
A novel spirochaete, Treponema sp. strain SPIT5T, was isolated from hindgut contents of the drywood termite Incisitermes tabogae (Snyder). The cells of strain SPIT5T were motile, helical in shape, 0.4-0.5 microm in diameter and generally 12-20 microm long. The strain is obligately anaerobic and ferments different mono-, di- and oligosaccharides by forming ethanol as the main liquid fermentation end product....
Topics
- Animals
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Base Composition
- Cellulose
- DNA, Bacterial
- Digestive System
- Genes, rRNA
- Genotype
- Isoptera
- Lignin
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phenotype
- Phylogeny
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Species Specificity
- Treponema