FAMILY TREPONEMATACEAE 



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Textb. of Bact., 1927, 961.) From the 

 blood of an African monkey, Ccrcopithe- 

 cus patas. Pathogenic for monkeys, rats 

 and field mice. Closely related to Boi-- 

 relia duttonii. 



Spirochaeta aboriginalis Cleland. 

 (Cleland, Jour. Trop. Med., 12, 1909, 143; 

 Spiroschaudinnia aboriginalis Castellani 

 and Chalmers, Man. Trop. Med., 2nd 

 ed., 1913, 402; Treponema aboriginalis 

 Brumpt, Xouveau Traite de Medeeine, 

 Paris, ^, 1922, 496.) Found in cases of 

 granuloma inguinale in West Australia. 

 Probably saprophytic. 



Spirochaeta acuminata Castellani. 

 (Castellani, Brit. Med. Jour., 2, 1905, 

 1330; Spirochaeta tenuis acuminata Cas- 

 tellani, idem and/or Arch. f. Schiffs- u. 

 Tropenhj'g., 12, 190S, 311 ; Spiroschaudin- 

 nia acuminata Castellani and Chalmers, 

 Man. Trop. Med., 3rd ed;, 1919, 449; 

 Treponema acuminatum Brumpt, Nou- 

 veau Traits de Medeeine, Paris, 4, 1922, 

 496.) From ulcerated lesions of yaws. 



Spirochaeta acuta Kritchewski and 

 Seguin. (Rev. de StomatoL, 22, 1920, 

 613.) From the oral cavity. 



Spirochaeta aeglejlni Henry. (Jour. 

 Path, and Bact., IS, 1913, 222.) From 

 haddock. 



Spirochaeta aegyptica Gonder. (Gon- 

 der, in Prowazek, Handb. d. path. Pro- 

 toz., 6, 1914, 671; Spironema aegyptica 

 Noguchi, Jour. E.xp. Med., 27, 1918, 584; 

 Treponema egypticum Brumpt, Nouveau 

 Traits de Medeeine, Paris, 4, 1922, 500; 

 Borrelia aegypticum Steinhaus, Insect 

 Microbiology, 1946, 452.) Observed in 

 cases of relapsing fever in Sudan. Prob- 

 ably a S3'nonym of Borrelia recurrentis . 



Spirochaeta ambigua Seguin and Vin- 

 zent. (S(5guin and Vinzent, Compt. 

 rend. Soc. Biol., Paris, 121, 1936, 408; 

 Treponema ambigua Prdvot, Man. Class, 

 et Determ. d. Bact^ries Ana^robies, 

 Paris, 1940, 208.) From the oral cavity 

 and the lungs. Pathogenic. Strict anae- 

 robe . 



Spirochaeta amphibiae Yakimoff and 

 Miller. (Bull. Soc. Path. Exot., 18, 1925, 



306.) From the intestines of frogs, Rann 

 temporaria . 



Spirochaeta argcnliucnsis Kuhn and 

 Steiner. (Kuhn and Steiner, Med. 

 Klin., 13, 1917, 1007; Spirochaeta poly- 

 sclerotica Arzt and Kerl, according to 

 Pettit, Contribution a I'Etude dcs Spiro- 

 ch^tides, Vanves, II, 1928, 134; Trep- 

 onema (?) argentinensis Xoguchi, in 

 Jordan and Falk, Newer Knowledge Bact. 

 and Immun., 1928, 478.) From the livers 

 of guinea pigs and rabbits inoculated with 

 blood from patients liaving multiple 

 sclerosis. Pathogenic for man, monkeys, 

 dogs, rabbits and guinea pigs. Named 

 for the Latin name of the town of Stras- 

 bourg {Argentoralum) . 



Spirochaeta balanitidis Hoffmann and 

 Prowazek. (Hoffmann and Prowazek, 

 Cent, f . Bakt., I Abt., Orig., 41, 1906, 741 ; 

 Spiroschaudinnia balanitidis Castellani 

 and Chalmers, Man. Trop. Med., 2nd ed., 

 1913, 404; Spironema balanitidis Park 

 and Williams, Pathogenic Micro- 

 organisms, 6th ed., 1917, 505; Treponema 

 balanitidis Brumpt, Nouveau Traits 

 de Medeeine, Paris, 4, 1922, 496.) From 

 a case of balanitis. 



Spirochaeta bovis-caffris Nuttall. 

 (Nuttall, Parasitology, 3, 1910, 108; 

 Spironema bovis-caffris Ford, Textb. of 

 Bact., 1927, 900.) From the blood of a 

 buffalo . 



Spirochaeta bronchialis Castellani. 

 (Castellani, Ceylon Medical Reports, 

 1907; Spiroschaudinnia bronchialis Cas- 

 tellani and Chalmers, Man. Trop. Med., 

 2nd ed., 1913, 402; Treponema bronchiole 

 Brumpt, Nouveau Traite de Medeeine, 

 Paris, 4, 1922, 496.) Found in cases of 

 bronchitis in Ceylon. A mixture of sev- 

 eral species of mouth spirochaetes is ap- 

 parently described under this designation. 



Spirochaeta bucco-pharyngei Macfie. 

 (Macfie, Ann. Trop. Med. and Parasitol., 

 10, 1916, 329; Treponema bucco-pharyngei 

 Brumpt, Nouveau Traite de Medeeine, 

 Paris, 4, 1922, 497.) From the throat of 

 a native of the Gold Coast. May be 

 identical with Spirochaeta dentium or S. 

 buccalis. 



