Terpene

Cristispira
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Spirochaetota
Class: Spirochaetia
Order: Spirochaetales
Family: Borreliaceae
Genus: Cristispira
Gross 1910
Type species
"Cristispira pectinis"
Gross 1910
Species[2][3]
  • "C. anodontae" Keysselitz 1906
  • "C. balbiani" (Certes 1882) Certes 1882
  • "C. interrogationis" Gross 1910
  • C. pectinis Gross 1910
  • "C. pinnae" Gonder 1908) Gross 1910[1]

Cristispira is a genus of bacteria of the spirochete phylum. They are known as large spirochetes. They are characterized by the host species in which they reside.[4] They are known as harmless parasites of freshwater and marine molluscs and gastropods. They have an unusually large number of periplasmic flagella.

Morphology[edit]

They are differentiated from other spirochetes by the presence of a crestlike structure called the crista.[4] Their cell bodies are flexible. The cell diameter is 28 to 120 micrometers. They are actively motile.[1]

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