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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of Schizomycetes or bacteria, having the cells united in long slender threads which usually show narrow spiral windings.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Biol.) A genus of Spirobacteria similar to Spirillum, but distinguished by its motility. One species, the
Spirochæte Obermeyeri , is supposed to be the cause of relapsing fever.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the type genus of the family Spirochaetaceae; a bacterium that is flexible, undulating, and chiefly aquatic
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