Clevelandina

{{Short description|Species of bacterium}} {{Speciesbox | genus = Clevelandina | parent_authority = Bermudes et al. 1988 | species = reticulitermitidis | authority = Bermudes et al. 1988 }}

'''''Clevelandina reticulitermitidis''''' is a species of spirochete that is symbiotic in wood-eating cockroaches and termites.<ref name="BermudesChase1988">{{cite journal|last1=Bermudes|first1=D.|last2=Chase|first2=D.|last3=Margulis|first3=L.|title=Morphology as a Basis for Taxonomy of Large Spirochetes Symbiotic in Wood-Eating Cockroaches and Termites: Pillotina gen. nov., nom. rev.; Pillotina calotermitidis sp. nov., nom. rev.; Diplocalyx gen. nov., nom. rev.; Diplocalyx calotermitidis sp. nov., nom. rev.; Hollandina gen. nov., nom. rev.; Hollandina pterotermitidis sp. nov., nom. rev.; and Clevelandina reticulitermitidis gen. nov., sp. nov.|journal=International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology|volume=38|issue=3|year=1988|pages=291–302|issn=0020-7713|doi=10.1099/00207713-38-3-291|pmid=11542253|doi-access=free}}</ref> It is the only species in the genus '''''Clevelandina'''''.

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==Further reading== *Margulis, Lynn, and Gregory Hinkle. "Large symbiotic spirochetes: Clevelandina, Cristispira, Diplocalyx, Hollandina, and Pillotina." The prokaryotes. Springer New York, 1992. 3965–3978. *{{cite book|author1=Martin Dworkin|author2=Stanley Falkow|title=The Prokaryotes: Vol. 1: Symbiotic Associations, Biotechnology, Applied Microbiology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hqh43LFTGBQC&pg=PA466|date=13 July 2006|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-0-387-25476-0|pages=466–}} *{{cite book|author1=Joseph Seckbach|author2=Zvy Dubinsky|title=All Flesh Is Grass: Plant-Animal Interrelationships|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rl0ER01ZI8cC&pg=PA74|date=11 October 2010|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-90-481-9316-5|pages=74–}}

==External links== *[https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/clevelandina LPSN]

Category:Spirochaetes Category:Monotypic bacteria genera