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Spirochaetes is/are...

Spirochaetes is/are

A

a class of insect

B

a class of viruses

C

bacteria

D

fungi

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C
Spirochaetes are slender and helically coiled bacteria varying in length from `3-500mum`. Some of them are saprophytes and the other are parasites. The spirochaete, Treponema pollidum causes syphilis disease.
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