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Spirochaeta
Genus of bacteria / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Spirochaeta is a genus of bacteria classified within the phylum Spirochaetota.[1][2]
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Spirochaeta | |
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A microscopic photograph of fluorescent-stained Spirochaeta americana | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Spirochaetota |
Class: | Spirochaetia |
Order: | Spirochaetales |
Family: | Spirochaetaceae |
Genus: | Spirochaeta Ehrenberg 1835 non Turczaninow 1851 |
Type species | |
Spirochaeta plicatilis Ehrenberg 1835 | |
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