Bacterium
spirillum
spi·ril·lum [ spahy-ril-uhm ]SHOW
Subclass of:
Spirillaceae
Etymology:
Latin spira = a coil + a = diminutive suffix
Definitions related to spirillum:
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A genus of gram-negative, curved and spiral-shaped bacteria found in stagnant, freshwater environments. These organisms are motile by bipolar tufts of flagella having a long wavelength and about one helical turn. Some species of Spirillum cause a form of RAT-BITE FEVER.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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A genus of Gram-negative, motile bacteria in the family Spirillaceae characterized as large, elongate, rigid, spiral-shaped cells having tufts of flagella at both poles.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Any bacterial organism that is not assigned to the species level but can be assigned to the Spirillum genus level.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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