#genus_Spirochaeta__Spirochaeta type genus of the family Spirochaetaceae; flexible undulating chiefly aquatic bacteria
supertype: bacteria_genus a genus of bacteria
member of: family_Spirochaetaceae__Spirochaetaceae large coarsely spiral bacteria; free-living in fresh or salt water or commensal in bodies of oysters
member of: order_Spirochaetales__Spirochaetales higher bacteria; slender spiral rodlike forms
member of: division_Eubacteria one-celled monerans having simple cells with rigid walls and (in motile types) flagella
member of: kingdom_Monera__Monera prokaryotic bacteria and blue-green algae and various primitive pathogens; because of lack of consensus on how to divide the organisms into phyla informal names are used for the major divisions
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