LEPTOTHRIX


Meaning of LEPTOTHRIX in English

noun a genus of bacteria, characterized by having their filaments very long, slender, and indistinctly articulated.

2. leptothrix ·noun having the form of a little chain;

— applied to bacteria when, as in multiplication by fission, they form a chain of filiform individuals.

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