Taxa

Spirochaetes

Phylum

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Nature Atlas. "Spirochaetes." Accessed September 8, 2026. https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/phylum-spirochaetes.

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Nature Atlas. (n.d.). Spirochaetes. Retrieved September 8, 2026, from https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/phylum-spirochaetes

BibTeX

@misc{natureatlas-spirochaetes,
  author = {Nature Atlas},
  title = {Spirochaetes},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/phylum-spirochaetes},
  note = {Accessed September 8, 2026}
}

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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