Bacterium
leptospiraceae
Subclass of:
Gram-Negative Aerobic Rods and Cocci; ORDER SPIROCHAETALES
Definitions related to leptospiraceae:
  • A family of bacteria consisting of flexible helical cells exhibiting a right-handed conformation. It consists of a single genus, LEPTOSPIRA.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • A taxonomic family of mostile bacterium in the phylum Spirochaetes that includes the genera Leptospira and Turneriella, among others.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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