Treponema Pallidum

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Treponema Pallidum is a spirochete bacteria that has two subspecies that cause human disease. These are T. pallidum subspecies pallidum, which causes venereal syphilis; and T. pallidum subspecies pertenue, which causes yaws.

Spirochaetales