Spirochaetales: An order of bacteria containing slender, flexuous cells, 6-500 mcm in length, in the form of spirals with at least one complete turn. Some species may have an axial filament, a lateral crista, or ridge, or transverse striations. All these organisms are motile, whirling or spinning about the long axis, thus driving the organism forward or backward. Free-living, saprophytic, and parasitic forms occur. The type family is Spirochaetaceae.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Spirochaetales: order of slender, flexuous, helically coiled bacteria, with one or more complete turns in the helix.
Source: CRISP
Spirochaetales: An order of slender, flexuous, helically coiled bacteria, with one or more complete turns in the helix.
Source: MeSH 2007
Source - MeSH 2007
Source - MeSH 2007
Source - CRISP
Source - CRISP
Source: CRISP
Source: CRISP
The following list attempts to classify Spirochaetales into categories where each line is subset of the next.
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