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1. spirochaete; spirocheteFrom Latin “Spirochaeta”
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2. Treponema pallidum (species of spirochaete that causes syphilis, bejel, pinta, and yaws)Colloquial
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3. SpirochaeteSpirochaetes (also spelled spirochetes) belong to a phylum of distinctive diderm (double-membrane) bacteria, most of which have long, helically coiled (spiral-shaped) cells. Spirochaetes are chemoheterotrophic in nature, with lengths between 5 and 250 µm and diameters around 0.1-0.6 µm.
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