| spirochaeta coccoides sp. nov., a novel coccoid spirochete from the hindgut of the termite neotermes castaneus. | a novel spirochete strain, spn1, was isolated from the hindgut contents of the termite neotermes castaneus. the highest similarities (about 90%) of the strain spn1 16s rrna gene sequence are with spirochetes belonging to the genus spirochaeta, and thus, the isolate could not be assigned to the so-called termite clusters of the treponemes or to a known species of the genus spirochaeta. therefore, it represents a novel species, which was named spirochaeta coccoides. in contrast to all other known ... | 2006 | 16391069 |
| molecular and morphological analysis of the calonymphidae with a description of calonympha chia sp. nov., snyderella kirbyi sp. nov., snyderella swezyae sp. nov., and snyderella yamini sp. nov. | calonymphids are a group of multinucleate, multiflagellate protists belonging to the cristamonadida (parabasalia) that are found exclusively in the hindgut of termites from the family kalotermitidae. despite their impressive morphological complexity and diversity, few species have been formally described and fewer still have been characterized at the molecular level. we have isolated and characterized four new species of calonymphids: calonympha chia and snyderella yamini spp. nov., from neoterm ... | 2010 | 21112987 |
| complete genome sequence of the termite hindgut bacterium spirochaeta coccoides type strain (spn1(t)), reclassification in the genus sphaerochaeta as sphaerochaeta coccoides comb. nov. and emendations of the family spirochaetaceae and the genus sphaerochaeta. | spirochaeta coccoides dröge et al. 2006 is a member of the genus spirochaeta ehrenberg 1835, one of the oldest named genera within the bacteria. s. coccoides is an obligately anaerobic, gram-negative, non-motile, spherical bacterium that was isolated from the hindgut contents of the termite neotermes castaneus. the species is of interest because it may play an important role in the digestion of breakdown products from cellulose and hemicellulose in the termite gut. here we provide a taxonomic re ... | 2012 | 22768363 |