Species Spirochaeta coccoides

Name: Spirochaeta coccoides Dröge et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: coc.co.i’des. Gr. masc. n. kokkos, a berry; Gr. neut. n. eîdos, shape; N.L. fem. adj. coccoides, berry-shaped

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: spi-ro-K^HA͡E-ta kok-ko-I-des, feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1237; DSM 17374; SPN1

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ698092 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Droge S, Frohlich J, Radek R, Konig H. Spirochaeta coccoides sp. nov., a novel coccoid spirochete from the hindgut of the termite Neotermes castaneus. Appl Environ Microbiol 2006; 72:392-397. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 110. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1459-1460.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Sphaerochaeta coccoides (Dröge et al. 2006) Abt et al. 2012

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Sphaerochaeta coccoides (Dröge et al. 2006) Abt et al. 2012	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Parasphaerochaeta coccoides (Dröge et al. 2006) Bidzhieva et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Spirochaeta coccoides is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Spirochaeta.
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Abt B, Han C, Scheuner C, Lu M, Lapidus A, Nolan M, Lucas S, Hammon N, Deshpande S, Cheng JF, et al. 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. Stand Genomic Sci 2012; 6:194-209. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Spirochaeta Ehrenberg 1835 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Droge S, Frohlich J, Radek R, Konig H. Spirochaeta coccoides sp. nov., a novel coccoid spirochete from the hindgut of the termite Neotermes castaneus. Appl Environ Microbiol 2006; 72:392-397. 🇩🇪

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Species Spirochaeta coccoides