genus leptospira

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   very slender aerobic spirochetes; free-living or parasitic in mammals

   Broaderbacteria genus

   Part ofTreponemataceae

Questions about genus leptospira

What does genus leptospira mean?

genus leptospira means "very slender aerobic spirochetes; free-living or parasitic in mammals".

Is genus leptospira a common word?

genus leptospira is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.