treponemataceae

Noun
  1. Small spirochetes some parasitic or pathogenic (synset 101384914)
    is a type of: bacteria family - a family of bacteria
    member holonym:
    • genus treponema - type genus of Treponemataceae: anaerobic spirochetes with an undulating rigid body; parasitic in warm-blooded animals
    • genus borrelia - small flexible parasitic spirochetes having three to five wavy spirals
    • genus leptospira - very slender aerobic spirochetes; free-living or parasitic in mammals
    belongs to: order spirochaetales, spirochaetales - higher bacteria; slender spiral rodlike forms
    same as: family treponemataceae

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