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spirillum

DEFINITIONS OF: spirillum

1

n spirally twisted elongate rodlike bacteria usually living in stagnant water

Types:
Spirillum minus, ratbite fever bacterium
a bacterium causing ratbite fever
Type of:
eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria
a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella

n any flagellated aerobic bacteria having a spirally twisted rodlike form

Synonyms:
spirilla
Type of:
eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria
a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella
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