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Spirochaetes species - Overview (view source)
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Also known as: '''''Spirochetes'''''
==Overview==
[[File:spirochaetes.jpg|right|thumb|250px|<small><center> ''Spirochaetes'' in blood smear of human subject. (Bobjgalindo 2009, Wikimedia commons)</center></small>]]
[[File:spirochaetes.jpg|right|thumb|250px|<small><center> ''Spirochaetes'' in blood smear of human subject. (Bobjgalindo 2009, Wikimedia commons)</center></small>]]
There are two families, ''[[:Category:Leptospiraceae|Leptospiraceae]]'' and ''[[:Category:Spirochaetaceae|Spirochaetaceae]]''.
There are two families, ''[[:Category:Leptospiraceae|Leptospiraceae]]'' and ''[[:Category:Spirochaetaceae|Spirochaetaceae]]''.
''Leptospiraceae'' include the pathogens of the genus, ''[[Leptospira]]'', whereas ''Spirochaetaceae'' include the pathogens of the genera ''[[Borrelia]]'' and ''[[Brachyspira hyodysenteriae|Brachyspira]]''. Spirochaetes may cause zoonotic infections.
''Leptospiraceae'' include the pathogens of the genus, ''[[Leptospira]]'', whereas ''Spirochaetaceae'' include the pathogens of the genera ''[[Borrelia]]'' and ''[[Brachyspira hyodysenteriae|Brachyspira]]''. Spirochaetes may cause zoonotic infections.