spirilla


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any flagellated aerobic bacteria having a spirally twisted rodlike form

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Some bacteria are rod-shaped (called bacilli); others are shaped like little spheres (called cocci); others are comma-shaped (called vibrio); others are spiral in shape (called sphirochetes [tight] or spirilla [loose] depending upon the tightness of their spirals).
Chapter 3 Bacterial zoonoses
Bacteria are usually found as rods (bacilli), spheres (cocci), vibrios (short spirals), and spirals of various length (spirilla and spirochaetes; Figure 9-8).
Chapter 9 Soil organisms. (Section 4 Soil Biological and Biochemical Properties
Bacteria are rod-shaped (bacilli), spherical (cocci) or spiral (spirilla) in form.
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Some looked like little rods and he called them bacilli (from a Latin word for "little rod"); some were curved into spiral shapes and he called them spirilla.
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