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Treponema pallidum

The cause of syphilis, this is a microscopic bacterial organism called a spirochete, a worm-like spiral-shaped organism that wiggles vigorously when viewed under a microscope. Treponema pallidum was discovered in 1905 by the German bacteriologist Fritz Schaudinn (1871-1906) who named it, putting together the Greek trepo (I turn) and nema (thread) with the Latin pallida (pale) to make a pale turning thread.

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the species that causes syphilis in humans.

Treponema pallidum. Scanning electron micrograph of two treponemes.

Medical dictionary. 2011.