Leptospira are thin, tightly coiled obligate aerobes that are highly motile

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Leptospira are thin, tightly coiled obligate aerobes that are highly motile. Their structure is similar to other spirochetes and, as the name implies, Leptospira are spiral shape organisms. The diseases produced by Leptospira are termed leptospirosis.

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Keywords: -, aerobes, aerobic, bacteria, bacterium, electron, em, leptospira, leptospires, leptospirosis, micrograph, microscopic, microscopy, motile, scanning, sem, shaped, spiral, spirochetes