leptospira

Noun

Meaning

important pathogens causing Weil's disease or canicola fever

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

borrelia serpula family Spirochaetaceae spirochaeta genus Treponema leptospire swamp fever cristispira spirochaetales spirochetal microbes brevinema leptotrichia sphaerochaeta fibrobacteres spirochetal agents
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Hypernyms

spirochaete spirochete

Examples

The mice harbored a number of bacteria that can cause human gastrointestinal infections, including C. difficile, E. coli, and particular Leptospira species, researchers reported Tuesday in the journal mBio. Source: Internet

These initially improved, but eventually the boy's symptoms became more serious, and he was hospitalized three times in four months before the Leptospira discovery. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

leptospermone leptospermum leptosphaeriaceous leptospiraemia leptospiraemic leptospiral