Spirochaetae
Translingual
editEtymology
editNew Latin plural form of Spirochaeta, from Latin spira (“coil”) + Ancient Greek χαίτη (khaítē, “long hair”)
Proper noun
editSpirochaetae
Synonyms
edit- (phylum): Spirochaetota, Spirochaetes
Hypernyms
edit- (phylum): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Negibacteria - subkingdom
Hyponyms
edit- (phylum): Spirochaetes - sole accepted class
- Brachyspirales, Brevinematales, Leptospirales, Spirochaetales - orders
References
edit- Spirochaete on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Spirochaetes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Spirochaetes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Five Kingdoms: An Illustrated Guide to the Phyla of Life on Earth (Margulis & Schwartz) →ISBN
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI