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Spirochete

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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 spirochete

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