Spirochaetes

Question 1

general morphology and description of Spirochaetes

Answer 1

✔ extremely narrow
✔ elongated
✔ cylindrical in shape
✔ spiral with tight coils and tapered ends
✔ actively motile; exhibit rotational movement
✔ possess internal flagella [also referred to as endoflagella, periplasmic flagella, axial fibrils, axial filaments]
✔ gram-negative

Question 2

Genera of Spirochaetes associated with human infection

Answer 2

(1) Treponema
(2) Borrelia
(3) Leptospira