spirochaete

Noun spirochaete has 1 sense

• spirochaete(n = noun.animal) spirochete - parasitic or free-living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals;
is a kind of eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria
is a member of order spirochaetales, spirochaetales
has particulars: treponema, borrelia, borrelia burgdorferi, lime disease spirochete, leptospira