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Treponema

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Treponema /Trep·o·ne·ma/ (trep?o-ne´mah) a genus of bacteria (family Spirochaetaceae), often pathogenic and parasitic; it includes the etiologic agents of pinta(T. cara´teum), syphilis(T. pal´lidum subspecies pal´lidum), and yaws(T. pal´lidum subspecies perte´nue) .
treponema /trep·o·ne·ma/ (trep?o-ne´mah) an organism of the genus Treponema. trepone´mal
Trep·o·ne·ma (trp-nm)
n.
A genus of anaerobic spirochetes including species that cause syphilis, pinta, and yaws.

Treponema
a genus of spirochetes (family Spirochaetaceae), motile gram-negative, spiral-shaped rods.

Treponema paraluiscuniculi
causes benign venereal spirochetosis of rabbits called rabbit syphilis.


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