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Spirillum

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of various aerobic bacteria of the genus Spirillum, having an elongated spiral form and bearing a tuft of flagella.
  2. 2
    any flagellated aerobic bacteria having a spirally twisted rodlike form wordnet
  3. 3
    Any of various other spiral-shaped microorganisms.
  4. 4
    spirally twisted elongate rodlike bacteria usually living in stagnant water wordnet

Etymology

From the genus name, from Latin spira (“coil”).

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