Bacterium
leptospira
[ lep-tuh-spahy-ruh ]
Subclass of:
Leptospiraceae
Etymology:
Greek leptos = delicate + speira = a coil or spiral
Definitions related to leptospira:
  • A genus of aerobic, helical spirochetes, some species of which are pathogenic, others free-living or saprophytic.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • A genus of Gram-negative, aerobic, flexible, spiral-shaped, spirochete with internal flagella in the phylum Spirochaetes.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Any bacteria that is not assigned to the species level but can be assigned to the Leptospira genus level.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • Genus of aerobic, helical spirochetes, some species of which are pathogenic, others free-living or saprophytic.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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