thiospirillum

noun

thio·​spirillum

¦thīō+

1

capitalized : a genus of spiral purple sulfur bacteria (family Thiorhodaceae) motile by means of polar flagella and common in mud and stagnant water

2

plural thiospirilla : any bacterium of the genus Thiospirillum

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from thi- + Spirillum

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