Treponema pallidum

Translingual

Proper noun

Treponema pallidum n

1. A taxonomic species within the family Spirochaetaceae – the bacterium responsible for syphilis, bejel, and yaws.

Hyponyms

• (species): Treponema pallidum subsp. endemicum, Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum, Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue – subspecies

References

• Treponema pallidum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Treponema pallidum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Treponema pallidum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• List of sequenced bacterial genomes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia