Mounds is a rural community, home to 1,339 people. 1  area. Rural. 2  weather. 92.9Âº. 3  Commuting method. 88.1 4 %. Commuting time. 27 min. to work.  top industries. Health Care 1  Services. airport. 24 miles.
Aldo Castellani isolated it soon after the discovery of T. pallidum in 1905. The genus Treponema has three species: pallidum, pertenue, and carateum. Treponema pallidum is probably the most famous of the group, being that it causes syphilis. The Treponema are helically coiled organisms having a corkscrew-like shape.ldo Castellani isolated it soon after the discovery of T. pallidum in 1905. The genus Treponema has three species: pallidum, pertenue, and carateum. Treponema pallidum is probably the most famous of the group, being that it causes syphilis. The Treponema are helically coiled organisms having a corkscrew-like shape.
Treponema pallidum is a spirochaete bacterium with subspecies that cause treponemal diseases such as syphilis, bejel, pinta, and yaws.The treponemes have a cytoplasmic and an outer membrane. Using light microscopy, treponemes are only visible using dark field illumination.July 2014). T. p. pallidum is a motile spirochaete that is generally acquired by close sexual contact, entering the host via breaches in squamous or columnar epithelium.