Spirochete
Of eubacteria and Spirochaetales. May also be referred to as spirochaete.
Parasitic or free-living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals.
This concept's ID is @1~6936
Genus Borrelia
- borrelia
Cause of e.g. European and African relapsing fever.
- Borrelia burgdorferi
Cause of Lyme disease; transmitted primarily by ticks of genus Ixodes.
Also contains
- leptospira
Important pathogens causing Weil's disease or canicola fever.
- treponema
Spirochete that causes disease in humans (e.g. syphilis and yaws).