leptospira

English Thesaurus

1. important pathogens causing Weil's disease or canicola fever (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	spirochaete, spirochete,
definition	:	parasitic or free-living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus leptospira,
definition	:	very slender aerobic spirochetes; free-living or parasitic in mammals (noun.animal)