spirochaete

(ˈspaɪrəʊˌkiːt) or

spirochete

n (Microbiology) any of a group of spirally coiled rodlike bacteria that includes the causative agent of syphilis. See treponema[C19: from New Latin spīrochaeta; see spiro-², chaeta]

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spirochaete - parasitic or free-living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animalsspirocheteeubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria - a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagellaorder Spirochaetales, Spirochaetales - higher bacteria; slender spiral rodlike formstreponema - spirochete that causes disease in humans (e.g. syphilis and yaws)borrelia - cause of e.g. European and African relapsing feverBorrelia burgdorferi, Lime disease spirochete - cause of Lyme disease; transmitted primarily by ticks of genus Ixodesleptospira - important pathogens causing Weil's disease or canicola fever

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An invalid taxonomic bacterial genus name [Bergey’s]; not in current use as a genus. The correct spelling of the genus is Spirochaeta.

spirochaete

A class of fine, spiral, highly motile bacteria. The three medically most important genera are the Treponema which includes the causal agent of syphilis T. pallidum ; the Leptospira , which includes L. icterohaemorrhagiae , the cause of leptospirosis; and the Borrelia , which include the cause of relapsing fever, B. recurrentis , and of Lyme disease, B. burgdorferi .

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noun parasitic or free-living bacteria

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