Spirilla (Noun)
Meaning
Any flagellated aerobic bacteria having a spirally twisted rodlike form.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The specific bacterium in the petri dish was identified as Spirilla volutans, which is known to infect freshwater organisms.
- The microbiologist was searching for a type of spirilla that would be suitable for a water filtration system.
- Spirilla colonized the available oxygen-rich areas within the experiment setup, quickly outgrowing their counterparts.
- Samples of spirilla bacteria from the aquarium were sent to the lab for further analysis and possible solutions.
- Through microscopy, researchers found that spirilla was one of the bacterial types present in the decomposing organic matter.