Medical Dictionary

Spirochaetales

noun pl Spi·ro·chae·ta·les \ˌspī-rə-kē-ˈtā-(ˌ)lēz\

Medical Definition of SPIROCHAETALES

:  an order of higher bacteria comprising slender elongated flexuous spiral forms in which the body makes up at least one complete turn of the spiral

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