Spirochaete
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A spirochaete is a member of the phylum Spirochaetes which contains distinctive diderm (double-membrane) bacteria, most of which have long, helically coiled (corkscrew-shaped or spiraled, hence the name) cells.
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See also
- Bacteriology
- Borrelia
- Flagellum
- Lyme disease microbiology
- Pinta (disease)
- Prokaryote
- Treponema pallidum
- Brevinema andersonii
- Syphilis
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