Cristispira

Cristispira

[‚kris·tə′spī·rə]
(microbiology)
A genus of bacteria in the family Spirochaetaceae; helical cells with 3-10 complete turns; they have ovoid inclusion bodies and bundles of axial fibrils; commensals in mollusks.
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Large symbiotic spirochetes: Cleve-landina, Cristispira, Diplocalyx, Hollandina and Pillotina.
MICROBIAL ECOLOGY OF THE BIVALVIA, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE FAMILY OSTREIDAE
Based on 16S ribosomal DNA gene sequences, the Genus Borrelia belongs to the Order Spirochaetales, family Spirochetaceae along with other genera, including Spirochaeta, Cristispira, Treponema and Brachyspira (formerly Serpulina).
Lyme borreliosis: is there a preexisting (natural) variation in antimicrobial susceptibility among Borrelia burgdorferi strains?
A plausible hypothesis for the existence of soft styles in bivalves is that they may allow the colonization of the styles by symbiotic spirochetes, such as Cristispira spp.
Cristispira in North American shellfish: a note on a spirillum found in oysters.
Proteins in the crystalline styles of the marine mussels Perna canaliculus Gmelin and Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck
All identified spirochete clones fell into 2 families: the Spirochaetaceae with 2 genera, Cristispira and Spirochaeta, and the Brachyspiraceae, with the genus Brachyspira.
Later they were characterized by morphological features and described as the spirochete bacteria Cristispira (Noguchi 1921).
The phylogenetic positioning of the genus Cristispira (Paster et al.
Cristispira sp.-like spirochetes were micro scopically identified in early 1921 (Noguchi 1921) in 3 of 10 investigated bivalve species from North America (including oysters, Venus and Modiolus spp.).
The fine structure of Cristispira from the lamellibranch Cryptomya californica Conrad.
Large symbiotic spirochetes: Clevelandina, Cristispira, Diplocalyx, Hollandina and Pillotina.
Cristispira in North America shellfish: a note on a spirillum found in oysters.
Phylogenetic position of the spirochetal genus Cristispira. Appl.
Spirochetes in crystalline styles of marine bivalves: group-specific PCR detection and 16s RRNA sequence analysis
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