Diplocalyx

Diplocalyx
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Spirochaetota
Class:
Spirochaetia
Order:
Spirochaetales
Family:
Spirochaetaceae
Genus:
Diplocalyx

Gharagozlou 1968 ex Bermudes et al. 1988
Type species
Diplocalyx calotermitidis
Gharagozlou 1968 ex Bermudes et al. 1988
Species
  • D. calotermitidis
  • "D. cryptotermitidis"

Diplocalyx is a genus of bacteria of the spirochete phylum.[1] The genus was originally established in 1968 on the basis of differential morphology when compared to other spirochete species.[2] No species within it has been successfully grown in culture. Up to now there is only on species of this genus known (Diplocalyx calotermitidis).[3]

  1. ^ Bermudes, D; Chase, D; Margulis, L (Jul 1988). "Morphology as a basis for taxonomy of large spirochetes symbiotic in wood-eating cockroaches and termites: Pillotina gen. nov., nom. rev.; Pillotina calotermitidis sp. nov., nom. rev.; Diplocalyx gen. nov., nom. rev.; Diplocalyx calotermitidis sp. nov., nom. rev.; Hollandina gen. nov., nom.[TRUNCATED]". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 38 (3): 291–302. doi:10.1099/00207713-38-3-291. PMID 11542253.
  2. ^ Margulis, Lynn; Hinkle, Gregory (1992). "Large Symbiotic Spirochetes: Clevelandina, Cristispira, Diplocalyx, Hollandina, and Pillotina". The Prokaryotes. Springer New York. pp. 3965–3978. ISBN 978-1-4757-2193-5.
  3. ^ LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de