HyperDic: spirochete

English > 1 sense of the word spirochete:
NOUNanimalspirochete, spirochaeteparasitic or free-living bacteria
English > spirochete: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningParasitic or free-living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals.
Synonymspirochaete
Member ofSpirochaetales, order SpirochaetalesHigher bacteria
NarrowerBorrelia burgdorferi, Lime disease spirocheteCause of Lyme disease
borreliaCause of e.g. European and African relapsing fever
leptospiraImportant pathogens causing Weil's disease or canicola fever
treponemaspirochete that causes disease in humans (e.g. syphilis and yaws)
Broadereubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteriaA large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls
Spanishespiroqueta
Catalanespiroqueta

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