Associations to the word «Spirillum»

Wiktionary

SPIRILLUM, noun. Any of various aerobic bacteria of the genus Spirillum, having an elongated spiral form and bearing a tuft of flagella.
SPIRILLUM, noun. Any of various other spiral-shaped microorganisms.

Dictionary definition

SPIRILLUM, noun. Spirally twisted elongate rodlike bacteria usually living in stagnant water.
SPIRILLUM, noun. Any flagellated aerobic bacteria having a spirally twisted rodlike form.

Wise words

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