Spirochaetes

Spirochaetes is a phylum of bacteria. 

All species in this phylum are Gram-negative.

 

Classification  

Domain : Prokaryota, Bacteria   

Kingdom : Bacteria 

Phylum : Spirochaetes (Gram-negative) 

Class : Spirochaetes  

Order : Spirochaetales 

• Family: Brachyspiraceae

• Brachyspira pilosicoli : Intestinal spirochaetosis 
• Brachyspira aalborgi : Intestinal spirochaetosis 

• Family : Leptospiraceae 

• 13 Leptospira species : Leptospirosis

• Family : Spirochaetaceae

• Borrelia burgdorferi : Lyme borreliosis 
• Borrelia recurrentis : Relapsing fever 
• Treponema pallidum pallidum :  Syphilis
• Treponema pallidum endemicum : Nonvenereal endemic syphilis (Bejel)
• Treponema pallidum pertenue infection : Polypapilloma tropicum (Yaws)