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 0 facts

    Cause of e.g. European and African relapsing fever.

  • Borrelia burgdorferi 0 facts

    Cause of Lyme disease; transmitted primarily by ticks of genus Ixodes.

Also contains

  • leptospira 0 facts

    Important pathogens causing Weil's disease or canicola fever.

  • treponema 0 facts

    Spirochete that causes disease in humans (e.g. syphilis and yaws).