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Taxonomy: V4.3   |  16S rRNA RefSeq: V16.03   |  Genomic RefSeq: V11.03   |  Viruses: V1.2
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Leptotrichia wadei (HMT-0222)

Bacteria;Fusobacteriota;Fusobacteriia;Fusobacteriales;Leptotrichiaceae;Leptotrichia wadei

Taxon Description:
Classification:
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that the taxonomic name at this
level has not been established.
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Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Fusobacteriota
Class: Fusobacteriia
Order: Fusobacteriales
Family: Leptotrichiaceae
Genus: Leptotrichia
Species:wadei
Bacterial Name: Leptotrichia wadei
Naming Status: Named
Cultivation Status: Cultivated
Body Site (or Source):
  [View in Body Sites Table] 		Primary: Oral (Abundance: medium)
Note: Periodontitis
Reason: Metagenomic mapping data, HMP (Torres-Morales et al. 2026)
Type/Reference Strain:
Former Names or Synonyms:
Leptotrichia wadeii
Oral Strain TFI-A39FD
Phylum: Fusobacteria
16S rRNA RefSeq Tree: View Taxon in RefSeq Tree
16S rRNA Reference Sequences:
     RefSeq-ID(s)
HMT-222_16S005500 Show Sequence
HMT-222_16S005503 Show Sequence
HMT-222_16S005552 Show Sequence
HMT-222_16S005560 Show Sequence
HMT-222_16S005592 Show Sequence
HMT-222_16S005596 Show Sequence
HMT-222_16S005597 Show Sequence
HMT-222_16S005610 Show Sequence
HMT-222_16S005797 Show Sequence
HMT-222_16S005884 Show Sequence
HMT-222_16S005909 Show Sequence

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species/Leptotrichia_wadei_and_HMT_215_221_417_498_size256px.png Leptotrichia (yellow) in a consortium scraped from the tongue dorsum. The white objects in the center are human epithelial cells.
Photo credit: Tabita Ramirez-Puebla.
Number of
Genome Sequences:		 6 Open Genomes in Table
Pangenome(s): No Pangenomes Available.
Microbial Ecology: Abundance/Prevalence
Proteomics:
NCBI Taxon ID: 157687 [Link to NCBI]
LPSN.dsmz.de: https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/Leptotrichia-wadei
PubMed Searches:
NCBI PubMed Link
NCBI (Entrez) Nucleotide Link
NCBI (Entrez) Protein Link
Phylogenetic Trees:
Genome Tree
Ribosomal Protein Tree
16S rRNA Gene Tree