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山口医学 Volume 33 Issue 5
published_at 1984-10

Taxonomical Studies on the Spirochetes : Part I. Introduction and Historical Reviews

スピロータへの分類学的研究 : 第1部 序論ならびに史的展望
Tomita Masaaki
Descriptions
A research history on the taxonomy of the spirochetes was reviewed and evaluated from the literatures in the present paper. Particularly, three main problems were discussed. They are the place of the spirochetes in the microbial world, the protozoa or the protophyta, some comparisons between the spirochetes and the resembling bacteria, and the classification of the order Spirochaetales. The author concluded that the fundamental morphological features of the spirochetal cell under electron microscopy must be re-considered.