The bacteria which causes syphilis is a spirochete which means it is shaped like ___.     staphylobacillus     a corkscrew     a cluster of crescent shaped cells      streptobacillus

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  1. The bacteria which causes syphilis is a spirochete which means it is shaped like ___.

       

    staphylobacillus

       

    a corkscrew

       

    a cluster of crescent shaped cells 

       

    streptobacillus

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