Tags: Bacteria.

Leptospira (Greek leptos fine thin and Latin spira coil) is a genus of spirochaete bacteria including a small number of pathogenic and saprophytic species. Leptospira was first observed in 1907 in kidney tissue slices of a leptospirosis victim who was described as having died of yellow fever.

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