noun
- a spiral-shaped bacterium that causes diseases such as syphilis and yaws
Usage: medical; microbiology
Examples
- Treponema pallidum is the bacterium responsible for syphilis.
- The laboratory identified treponema bacteria in the patient’s blood sample.
- Researchers studied the structure of treponema under a microscope.
- Antibiotics are used to treat infections caused by treponema.
- The spiral shape of treponema makes it easily recognizable.
- Different species of treponema cause various tropical diseases.