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Noun: genus Leptospira
  1. Very slender aerobic spirochetes; free-living or parasitic in mammals

Type of: bacteria genus

Part of: family Treponemataceae, Treponemataceae

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genus Lepisma
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genus Lepomis
genus Leptarrhena
genus Leptinotarsa
genus Leptodactylus
genus Leptoglossus
genus Leptopteris
genus Leptoptilus
genus Leptospira
genus Leptotyphlops
genus Lepus
genus Lespedeza
genus Lesquerella
genus Leucadendron
genus Leucaena
genus Leucanthemum
genus Leuciscus
genus Leucocytozoan
genus Leucocytozoon