Definition of spirillum in English:

spirillum

nounPlural spirillaspʌɪˈrɪləmspaɪˈrɪləm

A bacterium with a rigid spiral structure, found in stagnant water and sometimes causing disease.
螺旋菌
Genus Spirillum; Gram-negative
Example sentencesExamples
- These very long, spiraled nascent bdellovibrio were proposed earlier from electron microscope images to be common in spirilla, which are long and coiled themselves.
- The retention of the normal shape that we observed may be caused by steric restrictions on a major change in shape and size by neighboring spirilla and bdellovibrios.
- Possibly it is a true spirillum, portions of which appear in the comma shape, much as in other spirilla - e.g., spirilla undula, which do not always form complete spirals, but consist only of more or less curved rods.

Origin

Modern Latin, irregular diminutive of Latin spira 'a coil'.

Definition of spirillum in US English:

spirillum

nounspaɪˈrɪləmspīˈriləm

A bacterium with a rigid spiral structure, found in stagnant water and sometimes causing disease.
螺旋菌
Genus Spirillum; Gram-negative
Example sentencesExamples
- Possibly it is a true spirillum, portions of which appear in the comma shape, much as in other spirilla - e.g., spirilla undula, which do not always form complete spirals, but consist only of more or less curved rods.
- These very long, spiraled nascent bdellovibrio were proposed earlier from electron microscope images to be common in spirilla, which are long and coiled themselves.
- The retention of the normal shape that we observed may be caused by steric restrictions on a major change in shape and size by neighboring spirilla and bdellovibrios.

Origin

Modern Latin, irregular diminutive of Latin spira ‘a coil’.

单词	spirillum
释义	Definition of spirillum in English: spirillum nounPlural spirillaspʌɪˈrɪləmspaɪˈrɪləm A bacterium with a rigid spiral structure, found in stagnant water and sometimes causing disease. 螺旋菌 Genus Spirillum; Gram-negative Example sentencesExamples These very long, spiraled nascent bdellovibrio were proposed earlier from electron microscope images to be common in spirilla, which are long and coiled themselves. The retention of the normal shape that we observed may be caused by steric restrictions on a major change in shape and size by neighboring spirilla and bdellovibrios. Possibly it is a true spirillum, portions of which appear in the comma shape, much as in other spirilla - e.g., spirilla undula, which do not always form complete spirals, but consist only of more or less curved rods. Origin Modern Latin, irregular diminutive of Latin spira 'a coil'. Definition of spirillum in US English: spirillum nounspaɪˈrɪləmspīˈriləm A bacterium with a rigid spiral structure, found in stagnant water and sometimes causing disease. 螺旋菌 Genus Spirillum; Gram-negative Example sentencesExamples Possibly it is a true spirillum, portions of which appear in the comma shape, much as in other spirilla - e.g., spirilla undula, which do not always form complete spirals, but consist only of more or less curved rods. These very long, spiraled nascent bdellovibrio were proposed earlier from electron microscope images to be common in spirilla, which are long and coiled themselves. The retention of the normal shape that we observed may be caused by steric restrictions on a major change in shape and size by neighboring spirilla and bdellovibrios. Origin Modern Latin, irregular diminutive of Latin spira ‘a coil’.
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