Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Brought to you by The Treponema pallidum Molecular Genetics Group
Coordinated by Steve Norris at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston

Treponema pallidum information

• General information about syphilis and Treponema pallidum (from the CDC)
• STD Sequence Databases, Los Alamos National Laboratory Contains detailed information on each T. pallidum ORF, a gene image map, functional searches, EC table, biochemical pathways, etc.
• T. pallidum genome sequence article. Science 281:375-388 (July 17, 1998) PubMed (link)
• Long-term in vitro culture of the syphilis spirochete Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum. MBio. 2018 Jun 26;9(3). pii: e01153-18. doi: 10.1128/mBio.01153-18. (link)

Treponema denticola ATCC 35405 Sequence

• Publication: Seshadri et al. PNAS (USA) 101 (15): 5646. (2004)

Address Book, Spirochete List Server, and Other Information

• Spirochete Research Community Address Book (last updated 31 August 2018)
• Spirochete List Server
  An easy way to broadcast email messages to the spirochete research community (This resource is only available to individuals listed in the Address Book above)
• International Leptospirosis Society

Selected McGovern Medical School Web Pages

• Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics