👉 Spirochetal is a term used in the field of biochemistry and molecular biology to describe an organism that has two sets of chromosomes, one inherited from each parent, but with differences in structure and function. Spirochetes are not true organisms, as they do not have a body and cannot reproduce sexually. Instead, they are unicellular organisms that can only reproduce by budding off the surface of other cells. The term "spirochetal" is often used to describe these organisms because