Spirochetes definitions

spirochetes

Filamentous, spiral-shaped bacteria, such as the leptospires and Borrelia.
Found on http://www.thehorse.com/Glossary.xhtml?L=S

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spirochetes

a group of long, thin, spiral-shaped fastidious bacteria that includes the human pathogens that cause syphilis, Lyme disease, and leptospirosis
Found on https://courses.lumenlearning.com/microbiology/chapter/glossary/

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