#treponema spirochete that causes disease in humans (e.g. syphilis and yaws)
supertype: spirochete__spirochaete parasitic or free-living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals
member of: genus_Treponema type genus of Treponemataceae: anaerobic spirochetes with an undulating rigid body; parasitic in warm-blooded animals
member of: family_Treponemataceae__Treponemataceae small spirochetes some parasitic or pathogenic
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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