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
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