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Spirochaetales — noun higher bacteria; slender spiral rodlike forms • Syn: ↑order Spirochaetales • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑division Eubacteria • Member Meronyms: ↑Spirocha … Useful english dictionary
Spirochaetales — An order of bacteria containing slender, flexuous cells, 6–500 μm in length, in the form of spirals with at least one complete turn. Some species may have an axial filament, a lateral crista, or ridge, or transverse … Medical dictionary
animal order — noun the order of animals • Hypernyms: ↑order • Hyponyms: ↑Eubacteriales, ↑order Eubacteriales, ↑Pseudomonadales, ↑order Pseudomonadales, ↑Rickettsiales, ↑order … Useful english dictionary
Spirochaetaceae — A family of bacteria (order Spirochaetales) consisting of coarse, spiral cells, 30–50 μm in length and possessing definite protoplasmic structures. These organisms occur in stagnant, fresh, or salt water and in the intestinal tracts of bivalve… … Medical dictionary
division Eubacteria — noun one celled monerans having simple cells with rigid walls and (in motile types) flagella • Hypernyms: ↑division • Member Holonyms: ↑Monera, ↑kingdom Monera, ↑Prokayotae, ↑kingdom Prokaryotae • Member Meronyms … Useful english dictionary
Spirochaetaceae — noun large coarsely spiral bacteria; free living in fresh or salt water or commensal in bodies of oysters • Syn: ↑family Spirochaetaceae • Hypernyms: ↑bacteria family • Member Holonyms: ↑Spirochaetales, ↑order Spirochaetales … Useful english dictionary
Treponemataceae — noun small spirochetes some parasitic or pathogenic • Syn: ↑family Treponemataceae • Hypernyms: ↑bacteria family • Member Holonyms: ↑Spirochaetales, ↑order Spirochaetales • Member Me … Useful english dictionary
spirochete — spirochetal, spirochetic, adj. /spuy reuh keet /, n. any of various spiral shaped motile bacteria of the family Spirochaetaceae, certain species, as Treponema, Leptospira, and Borrelia, being pathogenic to humans and other animals, and other… … Universalium
Spirochete — A microscopic bacterial organism in the Spirochaeta family. Spirochetes have a worm like, spiral shaped form, and wiggle vigorously when viewed under a microscope. Treponema pallidum, the cause of syphilis, is a particularly well known member… … Medical dictionary
List of bacterial orders — This article lists the orders of the Bacteria.Class KtedobacteriaThis section lists the orders of Bacteria within the class Ktedobacteria.:* Order KtedobacteralesPhylum AcidobacteriaThis section lists the orders of Bacteria within the phylum… … Wikipedia
