Definition of Spirillum. Meaning of Spirillum. Synonyms of Spirillum

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Definition of Spirillum

Spirillum
Spirillum Spi*ril"lum, n. [NL., dim. of L. spira a coil.] (Biol.) A genus of common motile micro["o]rganisms (Spirobacteria) having the form of spiral-shaped filaments. One species is said to be the cause of relapsing fever.

Meaning of Spirillum from wikipedia

- of Spirillum with validly or effectively published names - Spirillum winogradskyi and Spirillum volutans. Other "species" classified as Spirillum such...
- Spirillum volutans is a gram-negative, bacterium from the genus of Spirillum which occurs in freshwater. It has an amphitrichous flagellar arrangement...
- Spirillum minus is an organism ****ociated with rat-bite fever (specifically ****u) that has never been fully identified and was ****igned to the genus...
- zoonotic disease. It is caused by the Gram-negative rod Spirillum minus (also known as Spirillum minor). It is a form of rat-bite fever (RBF). The initial...
- reported bacteria that causes RBF in North America (streptobacillary RBF) Spirillum minus, common in Asia (spirillary RBF, also known as ****u). Most cases...
- Spirillum winogradskyi is a gram-negative, bacterium from the genus of Spirillum which was isolated from the sulfidic sludge of a muni****l wastewater...
- then escape — the protective mucus that lines the inside of the gut. A spirillum (plural spirilla) is a rigid spiral bacterium that is gram-negative and...
- genus), Methylobacillus and Methylovorus. Spirillaceae comprises the genus Spirillum (type genus) Thiobacillaceae comprises the genera Thiobacillus (type genus)...
- important impact on our current understanding of biogeochemical cycles. Spirillum desulfuricans, now known as Desulfovibrio desulfuricans, the first known...
- called fusiform (Fusobacterium spp.) and spirochaetes (Borrelia spp. and Spirillum spp.). This symbiosis of bacteria is sometimes termed a "fusospirochaetal"...