Biomedical Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Chapter 9
Spirochaetes
“And what physicians say about disease is applicable here: that at the beginning a
disease is easy to cure but difficult to diagnose; but as time passes, not having been
treated or recognized at the outset, it becomes easy to diagnose but difficult to cure.”
Niccolo Machiavelli
Bacteria
Proteobacteria (Chapters 5
8)
Alpha Proteobacteria (Chapter 5)
Beta Proteobacteria (Chapter 6)
Gamma Proteobacteria (Chapter 7)
Epsilon Proteobacteria (Chapter 8)
Spirochaetes (Chapter 9)
Spirochaetales
Leptospiraceae
*Leptospira
Spirochaetaceae
*Borrelia
*Treponema
Brachyspiraceae (formerly Serpulinaceae)
*Serpulina
*Brachyspira
Spirillaceae
*Spirillum
Bacteroidetes (Chapter 10)
Fusobacteria (Chapter 10)
Firmicutes
Bacilli (Chapter 12)
Clostridia (Chapter 12)
Mollicutes (Chapter 11)
Chlamydiae (Chapter 13)
Actinobacteria (Chapter 14)
