| 单词 | spirochete |
| 释义 | spirochete (once / 153498 pages) n WORD FAMILY spirochete: spirochetes USAGE EXAMPLESIt’s caused by a bacterium known as Borrelia burgdorferi, a small spirochete carried by ticks. Forbes(Dec 15, 2014) Deer ticks had not been known to carry spirochetes, but more testing proved him right. New York Times(Nov 19, 2014) So it is impossible to know how closely — if at all — the ancient spirochetes are related to contemporary Borrelia. Nature(Jun 05, 2014) n parasitic or free-living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals Syn|Hypo|Hyper spirochaete treponema spirochete that causes disease in humans (e.g. syphilis and yaws) borreliacause of e.g. European and African relapsing fever Borrelia burgdorferi, Lime disease spirochetecause of Lyme disease; transmitted primarily by ticks of genus Ixodes leptospiraimportant pathogens causing Weil's disease or canicola fever eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella |
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