Bacterium
spirochaetaceae
Subclass of:
ORDER SPIROCHAETALES
Definitions related to spirochaetaceae:
  • A family of spiral bacteria of the order SPIROCHAETALES.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • A taxonomic family of marine spiral shaped bacterium in the phylum Spirochaetes that includes the genera Borrellia, Treponema and Cristispira, among others.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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