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Bacteria > Spirochaetales > Spirochaetaceae > Spirochaeta

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Spirochaeta  

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Note

  • a genus of the family SPIROCHAETACEAE of the order SPIROCHAETALES; do not confuse with SPIROCHETES see SPIROCHAETALES; found in mud & slime

Scope note

  • A genus of flexible, spiral rods found in hydrogen sulfide-containing mud, sewage, and polluted water. None of the species properly referred to in this genus are pathogenic.

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