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Spirochetes

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Updated: 1/26/2022
  1. Spira = coil, chaete = hair 2) Gram negative, helical flexible cells 3) Unique motility enables movement through thick viscous environments (mud). 4) Flexible cell wall with "corkscrew" motility via axial filament contained within periplasm (endoflagella). 5) Difficult or impossible to cultivate. 6) Free-living aquatic; reside on or in animals. 7) Spirochaeta = anaerobes or facultative anaerobes 8) Leptospira = aerobic
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