family spirochaetaceae

Noun
  1. Large coarsely spiral bacteria;
    Free-living in fresh or salt water or commensal in bodies of oysters (synset 101384245)
    is a type of: bacteria family - a family of bacteria
    member holonym: genus spirochaeta, spirochaeta - the type genus of the family Spirochaetaceae; a bacterium that is flexible, undulating, and chiefly aquatic
    belongs to: order spirochaetales, spirochaetales - higher bacteria; slender spiral rodlike forms
    same as: spirochaetaceae

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