{"id":73242,"date":"2021-01-05T08:22:55","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T08:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=73242"},"modified":"2023-10-19T06:37:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T06:37:18","slug":"spirillum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/spirillum\/","title":{"rendered":"Spirillum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A spiral- or corkscrew-shaped bacterium.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>One of the bacteria which cause rat-bite fever.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Genus within the family Spirillaceae, rigid spiral cells, actively motile by tufts of polar or bipolar flagella. Most species are cultivable saprophytes of soil and water, only Spirillum minus being pathogenic.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A genus of highly motile rigid spiral-shaped bacteria usually found in fresh and salt water containing organic matter. They bear tufts of flagella at one or both ends of the cell. Most species are saprophytes, but S. minus causes rat-bite fever.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A genus of spiral, motile bacteria of the family Pseudomonadaceae, tribe Spirilleae. They are found in fresh water and salt water.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A flagellated aerobic bacterium with an elongated spiral shape, of the genus Spirillum.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"group final-completion w-full text-token-text-primary border-b border-black\/10 gizmo:border-0 dark:border-gray-900\/50 gizmo:dark:border-0 bg-gray-50 gizmo:bg-transparent dark:bg-[#444654] gizmo:dark:bg-transparent sm:AIPRM__conversation__response\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-139\">\n<div class=\"p-4 justify-center text-base md:gap-6 md:py-6 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-1 gap-4 text-base mx-auto md:gap-6 gizmo:gap-3 gizmo:md:px-5 gizmo:lg:px-1 gizmo:xl:px-5 md:max-w-2xl lg:max-w-[38rem] gizmo:md:max-w-3xl gizmo:lg:max-w-[40rem] gizmo:xl:max-w-[48rem] xl:max-w-3xl }\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-[calc(100%-50px)] flex-col gizmo:w-full lg:w-[calc(100%-115px)] agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col gap-3 max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] flex flex-col items-start gap-3 whitespace-pre-wrap break-words overflow-x-auto\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light AIPRM__conversation__response\">\n<p>A bacterium from the Spirillum genus, known for its spiral shape; the species S. minus is known to be pathogenic.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A spiral- or corkscrew-shaped bacterium. 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