TREPONEMAPALLIDUM
Treponema pallidum
Treponema pallidum is a spirochaete bacterium with subspecies that cause treponemal diseases such as syphilis, bejel, pinta and yaws. The treponemes have a cytoplasmic and outer membrane. Using light microscopy treponemes are only visible using Dark field illumination.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Treponema pallidum
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