SPIRILLUM


Meaning of SPIRILLUM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ spī-ˈri-ləm ]

noun

( plural spi·ril·la -ˈri-lə)

Etymology: New Latin, from diminutive of Latin spira coil

Date: circa 1875

: any of a genus ( Spirillum ) of curved elongated motile bacteria having tufts of flagella at both poles ; broadly : a spiral filamentous bacterium (as a spirochete)

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