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Answer for the clue "Many pathogenic to humans and other animals ", 11 letters:
spirochaete

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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. parasitic or free-living bacteria; many pathogenic to humans and other animals [syn: spirochete ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of spirochete English)

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Spirochaetes (also spelled spirochetes ) belong to a phylum of distinctive diderm (double-membrane) bacteria , most of which have long, helically coiled (corkscrew-shaped or spiraled, hence the name) cells . Spirochaetes are chemoheterotrophic in nature, ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Relapsing \Re*laps"ing\, a. Marked by a relapse; falling back; tending to return to a former worse state. Relapsing fever (Med.), an acute, epidemic, contagious fever, which prevails also endemically in Ireland, Russia, and some other regions. It is marked ...