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Spirillaceae — noun rigid spirally curved elongate bacteria • Syn: ↑family Spirillaceae • Hypernyms: ↑bacteria family • Member Holonyms: ↑Pseudomonadales, ↑order Pseudomonadales • Member Meronyms … Useful english dictionary
Spirillaceae — A family of usually motile, aerobic to facultatively anaerobic bacteria (order Pseudomonadales) containing Gram negative, rod shaped cells which are curved or spirally twisted. Motile cells contain a single polar flagellum or a tuft of … Medical dictionary
bacteria family — noun a family of bacteria • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑Rhizobiaceae, ↑family Rhizobiaceae, ↑Bacillaceae, ↑family Bacillaceae, ↑Myxophyceae, ↑family Myxophyceae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Pseudomonadales — noun one of two usually recognized orders of true bacteria; Gram negative spiral or spherical or rod shaped bacteria usually motile by polar flagella; some contain photosynthetic pigments • Syn: ↑order Pseudomonadales • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • … Useful english dictionary
order Pseudomonadales — noun one of two usually recognized orders of true bacteria; Gram negative spiral or spherical or rod shaped bacteria usually motile by polar flagella; some contain photosynthetic pigments • Syn: ↑Pseudomonadales • Hypernyms: ↑animal order •… … Useful english dictionary
Spirillum — A genus of large (1.4–1.7 μm in diameter), rigid, helical, Gram negative bacteria (family Spirillaceae) that are motile by means of bipolar fascicles of flagella. These freshwater organisms are obligately microaerophilic and chemoorganotrophic … Medical dictionary
genus Spirillum — noun a genus of bacteria • Hypernyms: ↑bacteria genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Spirillaceae, ↑family Spirillaceae • Member Meronyms: ↑spirillum … Useful english dictionary
genus Vibrio — noun a genus of bacteria • Hypernyms: ↑bacteria genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Spirillaceae, ↑family Spirillaceae • Member Meronyms: ↑vibrio, ↑vibrion, ↑comma bacillus, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Vibrio — A group of bacteria that includes Vibrio cholerae, the agent of cholera, (a devastating and sometimes lethal disease with profuse watery diarrhea) and Vibrio comma (which is shaped like a comma). Vibrio move about actively . The word “vibrio” in… … Medical dictionary
Campylobacter — A genus of bacteria containing Gram negative, nonsporeforming, spiral or S curved rods with a single flagellum at one or both ends of the cell; cells may also become spherical under adverse conditions; they are motile with a corkscrewlike motion… … Medical dictionary
