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Descriptor English: Leptospira
Descriptor Spanish: Leptospira
Descriptor Leptospira
Scope note: Género de ESPIROQUETAS helicoidales, aerobias, algunas de cuyas especies son patógenas y otras tienen vida libre o son saprófitas.
Descriptor Portuguese: Leptospira
Descriptor French: Leptospira
Tree number(s): B03.440.400.425.475.475
B03.851.475.475
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007919
Scope note: A genus of aerobic, helical spirochetes, some species of which are pathogenic, others free-living or saprophytic.
Annotation: infection = LEPTOSPIROSIS
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PH physiology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
DeCS ID: 8097
Unique ID: D007919
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Leptospira - Preferred
Concept UI M0012362
Scope note A genus of aerobic, helical spirochetes, some species of which are pathogenic, others free-living or saprophytic.
Preferred term Leptospira



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