| Treponema succinifaciens | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Spirochaetota |
| Class: | Spirochaetia |
| Order: | Spirochaetales |
| Family: | Treponemataceae |
| Genus: | Treponema |
| Species: | T. succinifaciens
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| Binomial name | |
| Treponema succinifaciens Cwyk & Canale-Parola 1981
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Treponema succinifaciens is an anaerobic spirochete bacterium first discovered in the intestines of swine in 1981.[1] The helical cells of T. succinifaciens grow to 16 μm in length and often form chains of cells when cultured.[2] T. succinifaciens is gram-negative and non spore-forming.[2]
- ^ Cwyk WM, Canale-Parola E (September 1979). "Treponema succinifaciens sp. nov., an anaerobic spirochete from the swine intestine". Archives of Microbiology. 122 (3): 231–9. Bibcode:1979ArMic.122..231C. doi:10.1007/bf00411285. PMID 120726.
- ^ a b Han C, Gronow S, Teshima H, Lapidus A, Nolan M, Lucas S, et al. (July 2011). "Complete genome sequence of Treponema succinifaciens type strain (6091)". Standards in Genomic Sciences. 4 (3): 361–70. doi:10.4056/sigs.1984594. PMC 3156407. PMID 21886863.