Family Spirillaceae (Noun)
Meaning
Rigid spirally curved elongate bacteria.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Bacteria from the family Spirillaceae have a characteristic spiral shape with one or more flagella for motility.
- Microscopic analysis of water samples revealed the presence of spiral-shaped bacteria belonging to the family Spirillaceae.
- In medical research, some members of the family Spirillaceae are pathogenic, such as Spirillum minus which causes rat-bite fever.
- Rigid spirally curved elongate bacteria classified under the family Spirillaceae were first discovered by French bacteriologist Fernand Bernard.
- Many marine spirilla and some species in the family Spirillaceae produce polyketide metabolites and peptides as natural defense mechanisms.