Diplocalyx
| Diplocalyx | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Spirochaetes |
| Class: | Spirochaetes Cavalier-Smith 2002 |
| Order: | Spirochaetales Buchanan 1917 |
| Family: | Spirochaetaceae Swellengrebel 1907 |
| Genus: | Diplocalyx Bermudes et al. 1988 |
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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.
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
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