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Do spirochete have a nucleus

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No. Spirochete are prokaryotes, meaning that they lack a nuclear envelope. They do, however, have circular DNA called a plasmid coiled up in what is called a nucleoid(essentially a blob-like coil of chromosomes) inside their cell wall.

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