Cristispira

Cristispira
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Spirochaetota
Class: Spirochaetia
Order: Spirochaetales
Family: Borreliaceae
Genus: Cristispira
Gross 1910
Type species
"Cristispira pectinis"
Gross 1910
Species[2][3]
  • "C. anodontae" (Keysselitz 1906) Gross 1912
  • "C. balbiani" (Certes 1882) Gross 1910
  • "C. interrogationis" Gross 1910
  • C. pectinis Gross 1910
  • "C. pinnae" Gonder 1908) Gross 1910[1]

Cristispira is a genus of bacteria of the spirochete phylum. They are known as large spirochetes. They are characterized by the host species in which they reside.[4] They are known as harmless parasites of freshwater and marine molluscs and gastropods. They have an unusually large number of periplasmic flagella.

Morphology

They are differentiated from other spirochetes by the presence of a crestlike structure called the crista.[4] Their cell bodies are flexible. The cell diameter is 28 to 120 micrometers. They are actively motile.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology". The Williams and Wilkins Company. Retrieved 2013-01-19.
  2. ^ J.P. Euzéby. "Cristispira". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  3. ^ Sayers; et al. "Cristispira". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  4. ^ a b "Scanning Electron Microscopy of Cristispira Species in Chesapeake Bay Oysters" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-01-19.