spirochete

Synonyms:

spirochaete

Types:

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treponema

spirochete that causes disease in humans (e.g. syphilis and yaws)

borrelia

cause of e.g. European and African relapsing fever

Borrelia burgdorferi, Lime disease spirochete

cause of Lyme disease; transmitted primarily by ticks of genus Ixodes

leptospira

important pathogens causing Weil's disease or canicola fever

Type of:

eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria

a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella