Treponema pallidum shown under dark field light microscopy.
Treponema pallidum shown under dark field light microscopy. Treponema is a Gram-negative spirochaete bacterium with subspecies that cause treponemal diseases such as syphilis, bejel, pinta and yaws.
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Keywords: bacteria, bacterium, bejel, close-, contagion, diagnosis, disease, illness, infection, light, micrograph, organism, pallidum, pinta, spirochaete, spirochete, syphilis, treponema, treponomal, unicellular, yaws