spirochaetes

During the late 1960s, Lynn published a series of revolutionary papers on the evolution of eukaryotic cells, culminating in her landmark book Symbiosis and Cell Evolution, in which she carefully laid out the empirical evidence supporting the theory that mitochondria, choloroplasts, and undulapodia (eukaryotic cilia and flagella) were once free living bacteria (purple sulfur bacteria, cyanobacteria, and spirochaetes, respectively).

The Panda's Thumb: Scientific Vacuity Archives 2010

Relapsing fever or borreliosis is a febrile illness caused by spirochaetes and transmitted to humans by lice or ticks.

Chapter 12 1993

'You could look for spirochaetes,' I said, and his eyes widened abruptly before he disappeared back into the bushes.

Bonecrack Francis, Dick 1971

'You could look for spirochaetes,' I said, and his eyes widened abruptly before he disappeared back into the bushes.

Bonecrack Francis, Dick 1971

Thus, whereas it proved possible to attack certain diseases due to protozoa and spirochaetes by means of chemical substances, little success had been achieved with chemical preparations against infections due to true bacteria, namely cocci and bacilli.

Physiology or Medicine 1939 - Presentation Speech 1965

Throughout his life he was always making observations in many fields other than those in which his main work was done (he was, for instance, responsible for having introduced dark-field illumination in the study of spirochaetes).

Karl Landsteiner - Biography 1965

The spirochaetes, it is true, disappear from the brain during the fever.

Julius Wagner-Jauregg - Nobel Lecture 1965

One wonders whether he is sharing spirochaetes with Mr Mugabe.

It's Almost Supernatural 2009

Lee JI, Hampson DJ (1994) Genetic characterisation of intestinal spirochaetes, and their association with disease.

PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ram Naresh et al. 2009