Spirochaetes, also classified as the phylum Spirochaetota, is a phylum of distinctively long, helically coiled bacteria that move using internal flagella known as axial filaments rather than external ones. The phylum includes free-living species, symbionts of animals, and pathogens responsible for diseases such as syphilis and Lyme disease.
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A spirochaete () or spirochete is a member of the phylum Spirochaetota (also called Spirochaetes ), which contains distinctive diderm (double-membrane) Gram-negative bacteria, most of which have long, helically coiled (corkscrew-shaped or spiraled, hence the name) cells.
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