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spirochaete::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | spirochete |
| Type of | eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria |
| Has types | borrelia, lime disease spirochete, borrelia burgdorferi, leptospira, treponema |
Examples of spirochaete
spirochaete
If we see in the urine a piece of the bacteria of the spirochaete, we are sure that the patient has Lyme disease.
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So with the particles we are able to capture the antigens that come from the spirochaete that is the causative agent of Lyme disease.
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With our tests, we're able to detect it before seroconversion, because we're not looking for the antibodies, we just look for the spirochaete.
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- Spirochete: parasitic or free-living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals
- Spirochaetes English pronunciation: /u02C8spu028Cu026Aru0259(u028A)kiu02D0t/ (also spelled spirochetes) belong to a phylum of distinctive diderm (double-membrane) bacteria, most of which have long, helically coiled (corkscrew-shaped or spiraled, hence the name) cells. Spirochaetes are chemoheterotrophic in nature, with lengths between 3 and 500u00A0u00B5m and diameters around 0.09 to at least 3u00A0u00B5m.
- A non-rigid, corkscrew-shaped bacterium that moves by means of muscular flexions of the cell.
- A gram-negative bacterium characterized by the flexibly spiral shape and the possession of axial filaments.
