Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Brought to you by The Treponema pallidum Molecular Genetics Group
Coordinated by Steve Norris at The McGovern Medical School at UTHealth

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

• Address Book (last updated 26 September 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