What is Treponema?
{{italictitle}} {{taxobox | name = ''Treponema'' | image = Treponema pallidum 01.png | image_caption = ''Treponema pallidum'' | regnum = [[Bacteria]] | phylum = [[Spirochaete]]s | ordo = [[Spirochaete|Spirochaetales]] | familia = [[Spirochaetaceae]] | genus = '''''Treponema''''' | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = ''[[Treponema pallidum]]''<br/> ''[[Treponema denticola]]''<br/> ''[[Treponema carateum]]''<br/> ''[[Treponema paraluiscuniculi]]''<br/> etc. }} '''''Treponema''''' is a [[genus]] of [[bacteria]]. It can cause many [[disease]]s, the most important being [[syphilis]]. Other diseases include [[bejel]], [[Pinta (disease)|pinta]], and [[yaws]]. {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Gram-negative bacteria]]