Phylogenetic tree highlighting the position of T. succinifaciens relative to the type strains of the other species within the phylum 'Spirochaetes'. The tree was inferred from 1,350 aligned characters [9,10] of the 16S rRNA gene sequence under the maximum likelihood (ML) criterion [11]. Rooting was done initially using the midpoint method [12] and then checked for its agreement with the current classification (Table 1). The branches are scaled in terms of the expected number of substitutions per site. Numbers adjacent to the branches are support values from 1,000 ML bootstrap replicates [13] (left) and from 1,000 maximum parsimony bootstrap replicates [14] (right) if larger than 60%. Lineages with type strain genome sequencing projects registered in GOLD [15] are marked with one asterisk, those also listed as 'Complete and Published' (as well as the target genome) with two asterisks [16].

Graphical map of the chromosome (not drawn to scale with plasmid in Figure 4). From bottom to top: Genes on forward strand (color by COG categories), Genes on reverse strand (color by COG categories), RNA genes (tRNAs green, rRNAs red, other RNAs black), GC content, GC skew.

Scanning electron micrograph of T. succinifaciens 6091^T

Graphical map of the plasmid (not drawn to scale with chromosome in Figure 3). From bottom to top: Genes on forward strand (color by COG categories), Genes on reverse strand (color by COG categories), RNA genes (tRNAs green, rRNAs red, other RNAs black), GC content, GC skew.