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Spirochaetes
SPIROCHETES
Life   Bacteria

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Overview
Motile, Gram-negative bacteria with a helically coiled structure and characterized by axial filaments. Most members of this group are free-living and anaerobic.

Phylogeny

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Acknowledgements
Ashley MacDonald, University of Georgia, Athens

I thank John Pickering for his assistance with the development of this page.


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