Definisjon av spirochete

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Noun

spirochete - parasitic or free-living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals
spirochaete
eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella
order spirochaetales, spirochaetales higher bacteria; slender spiral rodlike forms
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
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Substantiv

spirochete - Any of several coiled bacteria, of the order Spirochaetales, most of which are pathogenic to both humans and animals.

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