spirillum in English
noun
1
a bacterium with a rigid spiral structure, found in stagnant water and sometimes causing disease.
Possibly it is a true spirillum, portions of which appear in the comma shape, much as in other spirilla - e.g., spirilla undula, which do not always form complete spirals, but consist only of more or less curved rods.
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1. 16 Rat-bite fever is an acute febrile illness caused by two different organisms, Streptobacillus moniliformis and Spirillum minus.
2. Spirillum desulfuricans, now known as Desulfovibrio desulfuricans, the first known sulfate-reducing bacterium, was isolated and described by Beijerinck.
3. 28 Any of various aerobic bacteria of the genus Spirillum, having an elongated spiral form and bearing a tuft of flagella.