LEPTOTHRIX

n. a.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A genus of bacteria, characterized by having their filaments very long, slender, and indistinctly articulated.

2.
a.

Having the form of a little chain; -- applied to bacteria when, as in multiplication by fission, they form chain of filiform individuals.


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