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TREPONEMA PALLIDUM
The reason of syphilis, this is a microscopicbacterialorganism called a spirochete, a worm-like spiral-shaped organism that wiggles vigorously when viewed under a microscope. Treponemapallidum was discovered in 1905 by the germanbacteriologist fritz schaudinn (1871-1906) who named it, putting together the greek trepo (i turn) and nema (thread) with the latin pallida (pale) to create a pale turning thread.