Spirochaetae
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Translingual
Etymology
New Latin plural form of Spirochaeta, from Latin spira (“coil”) + Ancient Greek χαίτη (khaítē, “long hair”)
Proper noun
Spirochaetae
Synonyms
- (phylum): Spirochaetota, Spirochaetes
Hypernyms
- (phylum): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Negibacteria - subkingdom
Hyponyms
- (phylum): Spirochaetes - sole accepted class
- Brachyspirales, Brevinematales, Leptospirales, Spirochaetales - orders
References
Spirochaete on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Spirochaetes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Spirochaetes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Five Kingdoms: An Illustrated Guide to the Phyla of Life on Earth (Margulis & Schwartz) →ISBN
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI
