A spirochaete (/ˈspaɪroʊˌkiːt/) or spirochete is a member of the phylum Spirochaetota (also called Spirochaetes /ˌspaɪroʊˈkiːtiːz/), which contains distinctive...
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Treponema (redirect from Spironema (spirochaete))
Treponema Treponema pallidum spirochaetes Scientific classification Domain: Bacteria Phylum: Spirochaetota Class: Spirochaetia Order: Spirochaetales Family:...
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after the initial exposure to Treponema pallidum, the gram-negative spirochaete bacterium causing syphilis, but can range from 10 to 90 days. Without...
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formerly known as Spirochaeta pallida, is a microaerophilic, gram-negative, spirochaete bacterium with subspecies that cause the diseases syphilis, bejel (also...
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preferred mammalian hosts of adult I. scapularis, cannot transmit Borrelia spirochaetes to ticks. Ticks acquire Lyme disease microbes by feeding on infected...
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notable groups of gram-negative bacteria include the cyanobacteria, spirochaetes, green sulfur, and green non-sulfur bacteria.[citation needed] Medically-relevant...
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others can be spiral-shaped, called spirilla, or tightly coiled, called spirochaetes. A small number of other unusual shapes have been described, such as...
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also bacteria, not spirochaetes but oval, pill-shaped bacteria. There is a one-to-one relationship between a bracket, a spirochaete, and a basal bacterium...
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the natural cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, the Lyme disease spirochaete". International Journal of Medical Microbiology. 296: 125–128. doi:10...
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described as gummatous. In syphilis, the gumma is caused by a reaction to spirochaete bacteria in the tissue. It appears to be the human body's way to slow...
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available in the literature. An investigation for infection with the spirochaete Leptospira interrogans did not find any infected animals, suggesting...
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with two types of bacteria called fusiform (Fusobacterium spp.) and spirochaetes (Borrelia spp. and Spirillum spp.). This symbiosis of bacteria is sometimes...
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Leptospira (category Spirochaetes)
(leptós) 'fine, thin, narrow, etc.' and Latin spira 'coil') is a genus of spirochaete bacteria, including a small number of pathogenic and saprophytic species...
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of material from the lesions (dark-field microscopy). The responsible spirochaete is readily identifiable on sight in a microscope as a treponema. Bejel...
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condition, often an autoimmune disease. Beck, A. (1939). "The role of the spirochaete in the Wassermann reaction". Journal of Hygiene. 39 (3): 298–310. doi:10...
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Treponema vincentii (category Spirochaetes stubs)
periodontitis which can induce bone loss. This motile bacillus is a spirochaete. It was previously known as Borrelia vincentii (Blanchard, 1906). "Treponema...
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turicatae is a bacterial species of the spirochaete class of the genus Borrelia. It is one of the relapsing fever spirochaetes, which are globally distributed...
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Margulis and colleagues have suggested that the cell also acquired a Spirochaete bacterium as a symbiont, providing the cell skeleton of microtubules...
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the natural cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, the Lyme disease spirochaete". International Journal of Medical Microbiology. 296: 125–128. doi:10...
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not transmit this strain of spirochaete. Despite this, there is a strong belief that some kind of Lyme-like spirochaete causes a Lyme-like disease in...
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Borrelia afzelii (category Spirochaetes stubs)
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Borrelia recurrentis (category Spirochaetes stubs)
Borrelia recurrentis is a species of Borrelia, a spirochaete bacterium associated with relapsing fever. B. recurrentis is usually transmitted from person...
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experimental animals. In 1905, Fritz Schaudinn and Erich Hoffmann identified a spirochaete bacterium (Treponema pallidum) as the causative organism of syphilis...
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aims to use bacteriophages as way of identifying virulence factors in spirochaetes that lead to Lyme Disease.[citation needed] Genetically diverse B. burgdorferi...
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antibiotic, by changing dyes that selectively stained Treponema pallidum—the spirochaete that causes syphilis—into compounds that selectively killed the pathogen...
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cellulosum. Some bacteria have more than one chromosome. For instance, Spirochaetes such as Borrelia burgdorferi (causing Lyme disease), contain a single...
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Dogs can be infected with Lyme disease (borreliosis), caused by the spirochaete bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi, B. afzelii, and B. garinii. Cattle can...
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periplasmic flagella inside the outer membrane. They comprise the phylum Spirochaetes. Owing to their morphological properties, spirochetes are difficult to...
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latter is also characterised by spirochaete epibiotic symbionts. In other termite species, members of the spirochaete genus Treponema have been identified...
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Artiach, P.; Bowman, C. (1997). "Genomic sequence of a Lyme disease spirochaete, Borrelia burgdorferi". Nature. 390 (6660): 580–586. Bibcode:1997Natur...
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