Scientific name: Treponema pallidum









Syphilis bacteria
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Eubacteria
Phylum: Spirochaetes
Class: Spirochaetes
Order: Spirochaetales
Family: Spirochaetaceaes
Genus: Treponema
Species: Treponema Pallidum

Characteristics:
Spirochete
Single-celled
Prokaryotic
Spirillium shaped
Heterotrophic
Contain no memory-bound organelles
Covered by a cell wall
Reproduce by binary fission
DNA is a single chromosome
Can negatively affect organs
Easily curable
Aerobic

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted bacterial infection that causes sores to form on the pubic region, in the mouth or on the lips. Syphilis harms the body by entering the blood stream through abrasions in the skin and attaching itself to cells, causing damage to organs such as the brain, nerves, eyes, heart, blood vessels, liver, bones, and joints.  Symptoms may include fever, patchy hair loss, sore throat, headaches, weight loss, swollen lymph glands and many others. Syphilis is gram-negative and can be diagnosed by testing blood samples. Syphilis can be cured in its early stages using penicillin. 











One of the symptoms of syphilis, sores in the mouth (https://cdn.std.uw.edu/doc/414-3/secondary-syphilisoral-lesions.jpg)

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