What Does Spirochetal Mean?
A Spirochaete or Spirochete Is a Member of the Phylum Spirochaetes, Which Contains Distinctive Diderm Gram-Negative Bacteria, Most of Which Have Long...
A spirochaete or spirochete is a member of the phylum Spirochaetes, which contains distinctive diderm gram-negative bacteria, most of which have long, helically coiled cells. Spirochaetes are chemoheterotrophic in nature, with lengths between 3 and 500 μm and diameters around 0.09 to at least 3 μm.
What is a Spirochetal infection?
Spirochete, (order Spirochaetales), also spelled spirochaete, any of a group of spiral-shaped bacteria, some of which are serious pathogens for humans, causing diseases such as syphilis, yaws, Lyme disease, and relapsing fever. Examples of genera of spirochetes include Spirochaeta, Treponema, Borrelia, and Leptospira.
Are spirochetes bacteria?
Spirochetes are a group of six genera of spiral-shaped, slender bacteria of varying length. They are either free-living or host-associated. They are found in the human oral cavity, gastrointestinal tracts of humans, mammals, insects, and in marine environments.
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