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spirillum
[ spahy-ril-uhm ]
noun
- any of several spirally twisted, aerobic bacteria of the genus Spirillum, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans.
- any of various similar microorganisms.
spirillum
- Any of various bacteria that are shaped like a spiral, such as the spirochete Treponema pallidum , which causes syphilis.
Derived Forms
- 蝉辫颈藞谤颈濒濒补谤, adjective
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 蝉辫颈路谤颈濒顎僱补谤 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of spirillum1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of spirillum1
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Example Sentences
The following description of the mode of examining the blood, and of the spirillum, is condensed from H. V. Carter's account: It is necessary to employ magnifying powers of not less than 500 diameters.
For some years it was called the 鈥渃omma bacillus,鈥 from its supposed resemblance in shape to a comma, but it was subsequently found Causation. to be a vibrio or spirillum, not a bacillus.
The same is true of Schizomycetes, to which all the bacteria, bacillus, spirillum, and vibrio, and a number of other groups belong.
The spirillum, volutans is often found in drinking water, and in common with some other specimens of this class is provided with flagell忙, sometimes at both extremities, which furnish the means of rapid locomotion.
On account of this developmental change, he doubted if the cholera organism should be ranked with bacilli; it is rather a transitional form between the bacillus and the spirillum.
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