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Noun: Spirochaetaceae
  1. Large coarsely spiral bacteria; free-living in fresh or salt water or commensal in bodies of oysters
    - family Spirochaetaceae

Type of: bacteria family

Part of: order Spirochaetales, Spirochaetales

Encyclopedia: Spirochaetaceae